NFL 2022: Five Key Statistics for Conference Championships

Regardless of which teams wind up in Super Bowl LVII, there will be plenty of intrigue. The San Francisco 49ers have faced both Cincinnati and Kansas City on Super Sunday. They beat the Bengals twice (XVI and XXIII) and lost to the Chiefs in LIV.

The Eagles have never faced either AFC team in the Super Bowl, but a Kansas City/Philadelphia clash would feature head coach Andy Reid facing his old employer from the City of Brotherly Love.

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This is the third NFL postseason with the current format of 14 teams and a total of 13 postseason contests. So far in 2022, there have been 10 games played and there have been four 100-yard rushing performances by individuals: Jacksonville’s Travis Etienne, Philadelphia’s Kenneth Gainwell, Cincinnati’s Joe Mixon and San Francisco’s Christian McCaffrey. Meanwhile, there were zero 100-yard rushing performances in the 2021 playoffs and only two in 2020.

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The 49ers gave up the fewest points in the league this season. It has been a few years since a team was shut out in the NFL playoffs. The last time came in the 2015 AFC Wild Card Playoffs, when the Chiefs blanked the Texans, 35-0. There have been 31 shutouts in NFL postseason history. More than half (16) have come in the championship round dating back to 1933. Since the merger in 1970, there have been 20 shutouts, eight in either the AFC (2) or NFC (6).

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Including this year’s playoffs, both the San Francisco 49ers (15-4) and Philadelphia Eagles (15-3) have won 15 games. Brock Purdy looks to become the first rookie quarterback to start a Super Bowl while Jalen Hurts is in the running for NFL MVP honors. Both quarterbacks had better be on the move this Sunday. The Eagles led the league this season with an impressive 70 sacks. 49ers’ defensive end Nick Bosa led the NFL with 18.5 QB traps in 2022.

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Prior to last season, the Cincinnati Bengals owned a 5-14 postseason record, including a 0-7 mark on the road. Under Zac Taylor, the Bengals own a 5-1 postseason (3-0 on the road) dating back to 2021. A year ago, the team won its first playoff game since 1990 by beating the Raiders in the Wild Card round. It ended an eight-game losing streak in the playoffs. Including last week’s win at Buffalo, the Bengals have won five straight on the road.

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Kansas City Chiefs’ quarterback Patrick Mahomes has now been Andy Reid’s starting quarterback for five consecutive postseasons and the team owns an impressive 9-3 record in 12 games. The strong-armed and resourceful signal-caller has thrown for a combined 3,576 yards and more than four times as many TD passes (30) than interceptions (7) in those contests. The Chiefs are hosting the AFC title game for the fifth straight year.