NFL Conference Championship betting trends, angles and odds

Just a few more days until the NFL Conference Championship Round begins. We cover everything you need to know about each game, including the Eagles, 49ers, Chiefs and Bengals’ most attractive betting trends.

Sports betting in Ohio is in full swing this Sunday, and state sportsbooks will no doubt bet heavily on the Bengals.

Below are some notable trends heading into this weekend’s championship game (with odds provided by BetMGM) and what that means for each team on Sunday.

Philadelphia Eagles (-2.5) vs. San Francisco 49ers, 3pm ET

• The Eagles went 7-3 against the Spread as home favorites this season, the fourth best record in the league. They’ve covered seven of their 14 home playoff games since 2001, but have won their most recent two conference championship games by a combined total of 48 points.
• San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan is a 7-1 postseason ATS and the third most profitable postseason coach for the past 20 years. Since being hired in 2017, the 49ers have been 29-19 ATS as underdogs, including 3-1 ATS as playoff “dogs.”
• Brock Purdy is a 6-1 ATS since his inauguration as San Francisco’s starter, and is just the second quarterback to win his first seven starts since the merger. Still, he faces a daunting task on Sunday, when only four rookies started the conference championship game, all four losing by at least nine points and a total of nine interceptions in a row. It was broken.
• The 49ers have a 12-game winning streak with an ATS record of 10-2 during that streak. The team that has achieved his double-digit winning streak over the last 20 years has scored his ATS of 4-13 in the playoffs, two of which he has in his last two games in San Francisco. is a victory.

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Kansas City Chiefs vs. Cincinnati Bengals (-1), 6:30 PM ET

• Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has never lost in the playoffs and has lost only once at home in 48 starts. He is his 7-1-1 ATS in his career as an underdog and has six straight wins.
• Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow is 20-5 ATS in his last 25 starts and 32-16 ATS in his three-year career, making him the most profitable player in the NFL since being drafted in 2020. It has become a high quarterback. Postseason and 3-0 ATS/SU in three career meetings with Mahomes and Chiefs.
• Kansas City coach Andy Reid is 19-17 ATS in his postseason career, including a 6-3 ATS as an underdog. He was just 4-5 ATS in the conference his championship weekend and as an underdog he has a record of 1-0 ATS/0-1 SU.
• The Chiefs are the 10th home underdog in the conference championship round since the playoffs were expanded in 1990. Nine teams before that he was 4-5 ATS. Vikings with a difference of 31 points.