Four young quarterbacks will take center stage when the Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers collide in the 2023 NFC Championship Game and the Kansas City Chiefs and Cincinnati Bengals square off in the 2023 AFC Championship Game on Sunday. The average age of the 49ers' Brock Purdy (23), the Eagles' Jalen Hurts (24), the Bengals' Joe Burrow (26) and the Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes (27) is 25 years and 98 days, the youngest average age of starting quarterbacks on Conference Championship Sunday ever. Two of those quarterbacks will advance to Super Bowl 57 on Feb. 12. Philadelphia is a 2.5-point favorite in the latest NFL odds from Caesars Sportsbook in the NFC Championship Game 2023, while Kansas City is a 1.5-point favorite in the latest NFL spreads in the AFC Championship Game 2023. Before you make any NFL picks or NFL parlays, you need to see what SportsLine NFL senior analyst Larry Hartstein has to say.
A former lead writer for Covers and The Linemakers, Hartstein combines a vast network of Vegas sources with an analytical approach he honed while working for Pro Football Focus. He entered the 2022 NFL season 427-344 all-time on NFL side picks (plus $3,764 for $100 players), including 394-330 against the spread. Hartstein went 68-50 ATS and 8-3 on money-line plays last season for a profit of $1,552.
Hartstein also is 35-24-1 on his best bets this season, including 29-18-1 the past 16 weeks. Anyone who has consistently followed him is way up.
Hartstein has locked in his confident picks for this weekend's conference championship games and has a parlay that would pay 10-1. You can only see his picks and analysis at SportsLine.
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After closely studying both championship games, Hartstein is leaning Under the point total in Chiefs vs. Bengals. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has been dealing with a high ankle sprain he incurred during the Divisional Round win over Jacksonville. Kansas City coach Andy Reid said he will start against the Bengals.
Since Christmas Eve, both teams have been playing elite defense. Cincinnati ranks third in the NFL over that time in scoring defense (15.3 points per game allowed), while Kansas City is fifth (16.8). "I'm leaning Under on Sunday due to Patrick Mahomes' possible limitations, the Bengals' much-improved defense down the stretch and the balanced approach I expect from both teams," Hartstein told SportsLine. You can see the rest of Hartstein's Conference Championship Game NFL parlay picks at SportsLine.
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Hartstein also has locked in two other best bets and one lean, including a play on a team with an ability to make "adjustments." You can find out who it is, and see who else to back on conference championship weekend at SportsLine.
So which picks should you target for a massive 10-1 payout? Visit SportsLine now to see Larry Hartstein's four-way parlay for the conference championship games, all from the expert who entered the season up more than $3,700, and find out.
