NFL’s Championship games have a lot to live up to after ‘best weekend ever seen’

The Super Bowl line-up will be decided this weekend as the finely-poised NFL Championship games follow arguably the greatest weekend of playoff football.

All four divisional games ended in incredible walk-off wins, starting with the Tennessee Titans – number one seeds in the AFC – losing at home to the young, exciting Cincinnati Bengals.

The Green Bay Packers – top seed in the NFC – also fell as the San Francisco 49ers triumphed at a snowy Lambeau Field, before Sunday witnessed more thrilling encounters.

Quite simply the best weekend of #NFLPlayoffs EVER! pic.twitter.com/16J9772zdW

The Los Angeles Rams held off a a late Tom Brady-inspired surge to knock out the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, last year’s Super Bowl champions, before the final divisional playoff went to overtime.

The Kansas City Chiefs eventually edged past the Buffalo Bills in a game for the ages, setting up a thrilling Sunday slate that starts with the Patrick Mahomes-led favourites hosting the Bengals in the AFC Championship game.

The 49ers then head to a Rams side looking to win the NFC Championship and book a return to their SoFi Stadium for Super Bowl LVI, with New York Giants great Osi Umenyiora excited by what is in store.

MAHOMES TO KELCE.

THE @CHIEFS WIN THE GAME OF THE YEAR! #NFLPlayoffs #ChiefsKingdom pic.twitter.com/9eM2Ur15O0

“Well, there’s just no way it’s going to be as good (as last weekend), right?” the two-time Super Bowl champion told the PA news agency.

“I mean, the past weekend that we saw was literally the best weekend that we’ve ever seen in terms of a divisional round play-offs.

“I think you’re going to see two outstanding teams on each side play against each other. I think it’s going to be a battle.

That was the best weekend of football