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KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (13-6 - AFC WEST - NO. 3 SEED) AT BALTIMORE RAVENS (14-4 - AFC NORTH - NO. 1 SEED)
CHEIFS- CHIEFS advanced to 6th-straight AFC Champ. Game, 2nd-longest streak in NFL history. Seeking 4th SB appearance in past
5 years. ANDY REID has 24 career playoff wins, 2nd-most ever by HC. Appearing in 11th Champ. Game as HC, surpassing HOFer
Tom Landry (10) for 2nd-most ever by HC. With win, can become 4th HC ever to appear in 5 SBs. QB PATRICK MAHOMES completed
17 of 23 atts. (73.9 pct.) for 215 yards & 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs with 131.6 rating in AFC-Div., 5th-straight playoff game with TD pass & 0
INTs. Is 13-3 in 16 career playoff starts & can become 6th QB all-time with 14+ career playoff wins. Is 3-1 with 1,479 pass yards (369.8
per game) & 13 TDs (12 pass, 1 rush) vs. 2 INTs & 119.1 rating in 4 career starts vs. Bal., with 325+ pass yards, 2+ TD passes & 90+
rating in each game. RB ISIAH PACHECO led team with 111 scrimmage yards (97 rush, 14 rec.) & had rush TD in AFC-Div., 6th-
straight game overall with TD. Has 75+ scrimmage yards in each of 5 career playoff games, with rush TD in each of past 3. TE TRAVIS
KELCE had 5 catches for 75 yards & 2 TDs in AFC-Div., 12th-straight playoff game with 5+ catches & 11th-straight playoff game with
50+ rec. yards, both 2nd-longest streaks in NFL history. Needs 7 catches to surpass HOFer Jerry Rice (151) for most postseason
receptions ever. Has 6+ catches & 70+ rec. yards in each of 5 career games vs. Bal, incl. 109 rec. yards & rec. TD in last meeting. WR
RASHEE RICE (rookie) has 5+ catches & 50+ rec. yards in 7 of past 8. Has 304 rec. yards (101.3 per game) in his past 3 overall. WR
MARQUEZ VALDES-SCANTLING had 62 rec. yards in AFC-Div. Had 5 catches for 98 yards & TD in only career game vs. Bal.
(12/19/21 w/ GB). DT CHRIS JONES had 1st-career playoff FF & PD in AFC-Div. Has 0.5+ sacks in 4 of past 5 overall. Has 2 sacks &
2 FFs in 2 career games at Bal. Had 10.5 sacks in 2023 reg. season. DE GEORGE KARLAFTIS aims for 4th in row with TFL. Has 1.5+
sacks in 2 of past 3. Had career-best 10.5 sacks in 2023. LB NICK BOLTON led team with 13 sacks in AFC-Div., 3rd-straight game with
10+ tackles. Had 9 tackles & TFL in last meeting. CB L’JARIUS SNEED had 5 tackles in AFC-Div. Has 8 PD in his past 6 overall. Had
career-high 14 PD in 2023. CB CHAMARRI CONNER had career-high 10 tackles & FF in AFC-Div. RAVENS- RAVENS are hosting
AFC Champ. Game for 1st time ever. Can advance to 3rd SB in franchise history (XXXV & XLVII). Led NFL in rushing offense in 2023
(156.5 yards per game). JOHN HARBAUGH led Baltimore to SB XLVII title in 2012. QB LAMAR JACKSON totaled 252 yards (152
pass, 100 rush) & 4 TDs (2 pass, 2 rush) vs. 0 INTs with 121.8 rating in AFC-Div., becoming 2nd player ever with 100+ rush yards, 2+
TD passes & 2+ rush TDs in a playoff game (Colin Kaepernick on 1/12/13). Has 100+ rush yards in 3 of 5 career playoff starts, most by
QB in NFL history. Had career-high 3,678 pass yards in 2023 & led QBs with 821 rush yards, becoming 2nd player ever with 3,500+
pass yards & 800+ rush yards in a season, joining Kyler Murray (2020). Totaled 346 yards (239 pass, 107 rush) & 3 TDs (2 rush, 1
pass) in last meeting vs.KC. RB GUS EDWARDS set career highs in rush yards (810) & rush TDs (13) in 2023, 2nd-most rush TDs in a
season in franchise history. RB JUSTICE HILL had 77 scrimmage yards (66 rush, 11 rec.) in AFC-Div. TE MARK ANDREWS can make
1st appearance since Week 11. Had 6 rec. TDs in 2023 & is 1 of 2 TEs (Travis Kelce) with 5+ rec. TDs in each of past 5 seasons. TE
ISAIAH LIKELY had TD catch in AFC-Div. & has rec. TD in 5 of past 6 overall, incl. each of past 4 at home. WR ZAY FLOWERS ranked
4th among rookies with 77 catches & 5th with 858 rec. yards, both most-ever by Ravens rookie. WR NELSON AGHOLOR had TD
catch in AFC-Div. Has TD catch in each of 3 career games vs. KC. DT JUSTIN MADUBUIKE had TFL in AFC-Div. Was selected to 1st-
career Pro Bowl after leading team with 13 sacks in 2023, most by Bal. player since 2014. LB ROQUAN SMITH led team with 7 tackles
& 2 TFL in AFC-Div., 8th-straight game overall with 7+ tackles. Ranked 6th in NFL with 158 tackles in 2023, 3rd-straight season with
150+ tackles LB PATRICK QUEEN aims for his 5th in row with 5+ tackles. Totaled career-best 133 tackles this season. LB JADEVEON
CLOWNEY tied career high with 9.5 sacks in 2023. Has TFL in each of 4 career games vs. KC. S KYLE HAMILTON led team with
career-high 13 PD in 2023. S GENO STONE ranked 2nd in NFL with 7 INTs in 2023.
DETROIT LIONS (14-5 - NFC NORTH - NO. 3 SEED) AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (13-5 - NFC WEST - NO. 1 SEED)

2. LIONS- DETROIT makes 2nd NFC-C appearance in franchise history (1991). Tied franchise record with 12 reg. season wins &
clinched 1st division title since 1993. Became 2nd team ever (2013 Broncos) with 4+ players (4) each with 10+ scrimmage TDs in same
season. QB JARED GOFF aims for his 3rd in row in 2023 playoffs with 275+ pass yards & 100+ rating. Aims for his 5th playoff game in
row with TD pass & 0 INTs. Ranked 2nd in pass yards (4,575) & 4th in TD passes (30) in 2023 reg. season. Passed for 338 yards & 3
TDs in last reg. season meeting (9/12/21). Has 2+ TD passes in each of his 4 career starts at SF. RB DAVID MONTGOMERY has 115
scrimmage yards & rush TD in 2023 playoffs. Had 1,132 scrimmage yards (1,015 rush, 117 rec.) & career-high 13 rush TDs in 2023, his
5th-straight 1,000-yard season. RB JAHMYR GIBBS had 114 scrimmage yards (74 rush, 40 rec.) & rush TD in NFC-Div. vs. TB. Can
become 1st rookie with rush TD in each of 1st 3 playoff games since 2019 (Sony Michel). Ranked 1st among rookies in rush TDs (10),
tied-1st in scrimmage TDs (11) & 3rd in scrimmage yards (1,261). Montgomery & Gibbs became 1st pair of teammates in NFL history
each with 1,000+ scrimmage yards & 10+ rush TDs in same season. WR AMON-RA ST. BROWN had 8 catches for 77 yards & 1st-
career postseason TD last week. Can become 1st player with 7+ catches in each of 1st 3 career playoff games since 2018 (Michael
Thomas). Ranked tied-2nd in NFL with career-high 119 catches, 3rd with career-high 1,515 rec. yards & had career-high 10 rec. TDs in
2023. TE SAM LAPORTA had 9 catches last week, most by rookie TE in playoff game all-time. Set NFL rookie TE record in receptions
(86), had 4th-most rec. yards (889) by rookie TE all-time & became 3rd rookie TE ever with 10+ rec. TDs (10). Gibbs & LaPorta became
1st pair of rookie teammates each with 10+ TDs. DL AIDAN HUTCHINSON aims for his 3rd in row in playoffs & 5th in row overall with
sack. Had career highs in sacks (11.5) & TFL (14), FFs (3) & PD (7) in 2023. LB ALEX ANZALONE has 5+ tackles in 17 of 18 games
this season, incl. playoffs. Had career-high 129 tackles in 2023. DB BRIAN BRANCH had 1st-career playoff sack last week. DB C.J.
GARDNER-JOHNSON had 1st-career playoff INT in NFC-Div. S IFEATU MELIFONWU had 1.5 sacks last week. 49ERS- 49ERS have
made NFC-C for 3rd-straight year & 4th time in past 5 seasons. Have 19 Champ. game appearances, most in NFL since 1970. Ranked
3rd in scoring offense (28.9 ppg) & scoring defense (17.5). Became 4th team ever with 4,000-yard passer & 4 players each with 1,000+
scrimmage yards in same season. QB BROCK PURDY became 5th QB ever to win a playoff game in each of his 1st 2 seasons. Led
NFL in rating (113.0), ranked 3rd in TD passes (31) & 5th in pass yards (4,280) in reg. season. Became 5th player ever with 8 games of
120+ rating in a season. RB CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY had 7 catches, 128 scrimmage yards (98 rush, 30 rec.) & 2 rush TDs in NFC-
Div. vs. GB. Can become 3rd player ever (HOFers Marcus Allen & Terrell Davis) with 50+ scrimmage yards & TD in each of his 1st 6
career playoff games. Led NFL in scrimmage yards (2,023) & rush yards (1,459) & tied-1st in scrimmage TDs (21) in reg. season. WR
BRANDON AIYUK had 75 receptions for career-high 1,342 rec. yards (7th-most in NFL this season) & 7 rec. TDs in reg. season. WR
DEEBO SAMUEL had 60 catches, 1,117 scrimmage yards (892 rec., 225 rush) & 12 TDs (7 rec., 5 rush) in reg. season. Had 9 catches
for 189 yards & rec. TD in last meeting. WR JAUAN JENNINGS had 5 catches for 61 yards last week. TE GEORGE KITTLE had 81
rec. yards & 2nd-career playoff rec. TD last week. Had 65 catches for 1,020 rec. yards (most among TEs in 2023) & 6 rec. TDs in reg.
season. 49ers became 1st team ever with RB, 2 WRs & TE each with 1,000+ scrimmage yards in same season. DL NICK BOSA had
10.5 sacks & 16 TFL in reg. season. Has 8 sacks & 9 TFL in 10 career playoff games. Had 3 TFL & sack in last meeting. DL JAVON
HARGRAVE had 7 sacks & 8 TFL in reg. season. DL ARIK ARMSTEAD has 7 sacks in 10 career playoff games. LB FRED WARNER
led team with 132 tackles & had career highs in PD (11) & INTs (4) in reg. season. Aims for his 4th in row in playoffs with TFL & 11th in
row in playoffs with 5+ tackles. LB DRE GREENLAW had 8 tackles & 2 INTs in NFC-Div. vs. GB. Had INT-TD in last meeting. Had 120
tackles in reg. season. CB CHARVARIUS WARD led NFL with career-high 23 PD & had career high 5 INTs in reg. season. Has 13 PD
in 15 career playoff games.
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The Starting 11 - Youthful Quarterbacks Again Take Center Stage on Championship Sunday
FOOTBALL INFORMATION 2023 POST SEASON CONFERENCE ENGLISH
NEW YORK -— Jan. 23, 2024 — Two’s company and four’s a crowd.

3. Four teams remain and 28 others, just like the rest of us, are merely spectators in America’s most popular spectator sport.
And as the NFL prepares to determine the two clubs that will compete for the Vince Lombardi Trophy at Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas
on Feb. 11, the league can point to one fact underlining a brilliantly bright future.
Just like last season, all four starting quarterbacks in the NFL’s Championship Games – JARED GOFF, LAMAR JACKSON, PATRICK
MAHOMES and BROCK PURDY – are under 30 years old. Prior to this week, that’s happened in consecutive seasons only once since
the 1970 merger, 2003 and 2004.
Over the previous 53 seasons from 1970-2022, all four starting quarterbacks in Championship Games were under the age of 30 on only
seven occasions: 1984, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2010 and 2022.
Plus, Sunday’s AFC Championship Game featuring Mahomes (2018) and Jackson (2019) is the first postseason contest in league
history involving former MVP quarterbacks under 30 years of age.
So welcome to the NFL’s Championship Sunday, and welcome to the future.
The Starting 11 entering the AFC and NFC Championship Games…
1. NINERS ARE SITTING PURDY: The 49ers’ BROCK PURDY will join BEN ROETHLISBERGER and MARK SANCHEZ as the only
quarterbacks in league annals to start conference Championship Games in each of their first two NFL seasons. That’s especially
impressive considering Purdy was the last selection in the 2022 NFL Draft while both Roethlisberger (11th overall) and Sanchez (fifth
overall) were first-round choices. Since 1994, when the NFL reduced the draft to seven rounds, Purdy is the only quarterback drafted in
the seventh round to start a conference Championship Game.
• Over a longer stretch, 16 quarterbacks have started a conference Championship Game who were either undrafted or selected in the
seventh round or later. Included in that group are Purdy in 2022 and an undrafted ERIK KRAMER, the last Lions quarterback to start
the NFC Championship Game, in 1991.
• The next Lions quarterback to start the NFC Championship Game, JARED GOFF, is attempting to become only the fifth starting
quarterback in NFL history to lead multiple franchises to Super Bowl appearances. Only TOM BRADY (New England and Tampa Bay),
CRAIG MORTON (Dallas and Denver) and Pro Football Hall of Famers PEYTON MANNING (Indianapolis and Denver) and KURT
WARNER (St. Louis Rams and Arizona) have done it.
2. NUMBER OF THE WEEK – 14: The number of postseason wins Kansas City’s PATRICK MAHOMES would own as a starting
quarterback with a victory on Sunday. In NFL history, TOM BRADY (14-3 from 2001-07) is the only starting quarterback to win 14 of his
first 17 postseason starts. Mahomes is 13-3 over his first 16 postseason starts (2018-23) with 4,561 passing yards, 38 touchdown
passes and a 106.7 passer rating. What’s more, with a win on Sunday, Mahomes would surpass BEN ROETHLISBERGER (13) and
Pro Football Hall of Famer BRETT FAVRE (13) to become one of only six all-time quarterbacks to win 14-or-more postseason starts,
joining Brady (35) and Pro Football Hall of Famers JOE MONTANA (16), TERRY BRADSHAW (14), JOHN ELWAY (14) and PEYTON
MANNING (14).
3. JACKSONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS: In last week’s win, Baltimore’s LAMAR JACKSON became the first player in NFL
history to rush for two touchdowns, record 100 rushing yards, pass for two touchdowns and compile a passer rating of 100-or-higher in
a postseason game. With a minimum of five playoff games, his 93.4 career rushing yards per postseason game ranks fifth in NFL
history among all players, trailing Pro Football Hall of Famers TERRELL DAVIS (142.5) and JOHN RIGGINS (110.7), DERRICK
HENRY (104.6) and Pro Football Hall of Famer ERIC DICKERSON (103.4).
4. SPOTLIGHT – INDIVIDUAL MATCHUP: Two players recently named to the Associated Press All-Pro team will go toe-to-toe on
Sunday when Lions wide receiver AMON-RA ST. BROWN meets 49ers cornerback CHARVARIUS WARD. In 2023, St. Brown has an
NFL-leading 10 100-yard receiving games, including the postseason. Four of those efforts have come over the Lions’ last six games,
including the Wild Card victory over the Rams. He also has a touchdown reception in five of his past six games, including last week’s
31-23 win over Tampa Bay. Meanwhile, Ward during the regular season led the NFL with a career-high 23 passes defensed, including
a career-best five interceptions. In 15 career playoff games, Ward has 13 passes defensed.
5. SPOTLIGHT – TEAM MATCHUP: Defensive coordinator AARON GLENN led a Lions unit that allowed just 88.8 rushing yards per
game during the regular season, the second fewest in the league. Including the postseason, the only opposing player in 2023 who has
topped 70 rushing yards against the Lions is Chicago quarterback JUSTIN FIELDS, who had 104 on Nov. 19. Meanwhile, the 49ers’
offense during the regular season ranked third on the ground (140.5 rushing yards per game), led by the NFL’s rushing champion
CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY (1,459 yards). A 49ers player has rushed for at least 70 yards on 13 occasions this season, including the
playoffs.
6. STREAK SPEAK: The KANSAS CITY CHIEFS have now advanced to the AFC Championship Game in six straight seasons (2018-
23), surpassing the OAKLAND RAIDERS (five from 1973-77) for the second-longest streak of conference Championship Game
appearances in NFL history. Only the NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (eight from 2011-18) have a longer streak. The first five
Championship Games in Kansas City’s streak were at Arrowhead Stadium. Sunday marks the Chiefs’ first road AFC Championship
Game since a 1993 loss at Buffalo. This week also marks the first AFC Championship outside Kansas City since New England
defeated Jacksonville at Gillette Stadium in the 2017 contest.
• For the BALTIMORE RAVENS, Sunday’s game marks the first time the franchise has hosted an AFC Championship Game. The last
time the city of Baltimore hosted the contest was Jan. 3, 1971, when the Baltimore Colts defeated the Oakland Raiders, 27-17, at
Memorial Stadium en route to the Colts’ Super Bowl V championship. The Ravens make their first appearance in the AFC

4. Championship since the 2012 season, when they went into Gillette Stadium and overpowered New England, 28-13, en route to a Super
Bowl XLVII victory over San Francisco. Baltimore has made four prior appearances in the game as the road team. Since the Ravens’
inception in 1996, they’ve played the Chiefs just once in the postseason, a 2010 Wild Card victory at Kansas City.
• Meanwhile, the SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS have won six consecutive home playoff games, the NFL’s longest active streak. The 49ers
also are headed to a third consecutive NFC Championship Game. It’s the fourth time in franchise history San Francisco has reached
three straight Championship Games (also 1988-90, 1992-94 and 2011-13 – the 49ers were also the last NFL team to play in three
straight conference Championship Games). And since the 1970 merger, no franchise has played in more conference Championship
Games than San Francisco. The 49ers will make their 19th appearance in the game, three more than the next-closest team, Pittsburgh
(16). Meanwhile, the DETROIT LIONS have played in one NFC Championship, a loss to eventual Super Bowl champion Washington in
1991.
• Sunday marks the third all-time postseason meeting between the Lions and 49ers. The prior two meetings also were in the Bay Area.
Detroit won the first contest, a 1957 Divisional playoff at Kezar Stadium, en route to the Lions’ most recent world championship. That
Lions victory also marked the last time Detroit won on the road in the postseason. Then, 26 years later, the 49ers captured the second
meeting, a thrilling, come-from-behind victory in the 1983 NFC Divisional Round at Candlestick Park.
7. DID YOU KNOW?: For the first time in 20 years, a pair of three seeds – the DETROIT LIONS and KANSAS CITY CHIEFS – has
reached the Championship Games. The last time that happened was 2003, when both the CAROLINA PANTHERS and
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS were among the league’s final four. The last No. 3 seed to advance to and win a Super Bowl was the 2006
Colts.
• While No. 3-seeded teams have lost four straight conference Championship Games since that Colts victory, No. 1 seeds haven’t
fared significantly better. From 2018-22, No. 1 seeds have posted a modest 4-3 (.571) record in Championship Games and they’re only
12-9 (.571) overall in the postseason. And just one No. 1 seed in that span – the 2022 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS – won a Super Bowl.
• No team since the 2003-04 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS has won consecutive Super Bowls. Kansas City is aiming to break that 18-
year streak (2005-22), the longest in league history.
8. UNDER-THE-RADAR STORYLINES: Baltimore’s JOHN HARBAUGH launched his NFL career with the Eagles in 1998, one year
before ANDY REID became Philadelphia’s head coach. Reid retained Harbaugh on his Philadelphia staff until the Ravens hired
Harbaugh as head coach in 2008.
• Sunday’s Chiefs-Ravens matchup will be the third postseason game in NFL history in which the head coaches have combined for
450-or-more wins. Including the postseason, Reid is 282-160-1 (.638) while Harbaugh is 172-108-0 (.614). The only other playoff
games with head coaches accounting for at least 450 career wins were the 2018 AFC Championship between New England and
Kansas City on Jan. 20, 2019 (BILL BELICHICK, 290, and Reid, 207) and a 1995 AFC Wild Card contest between Buffalo and Miami
on Dec. 30, 1995 (Pro Football Hall of Famers MARV LEVY, 137, and DON SHULA, 347). That 1995 contest marked the final game of
Shula’s remarkable career.
• Also this week, Reid will appear in his 11th Championship Game as a head coach and surpass Pro Football Hall of Famer TOM
LANDRY (10) for second most in NFL history. Only BILL BELICHICK (13) has more.
• Meanwhile, when the Lions visit the 49ers in Sunday’s NFC Championship Game, Detroit quarterback JARED GOFF will return to his
roots. Goff grew up just north of San Francisco and graduated from Marin Catholic High School in Kentfield, Calif. He went on to start at
Cal in Berkeley, Calif., before the Rams selected him No. 1 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft. Another former Bay Area quarterback, TOM
BRADY, also grew up a 49ers fan before starting for two seasons at Junipero Serra High School in San Mateo, Calif. Brady and Goff
faced each other in Super Bowl LIII. Goff has started four career games at Levi’s Stadium – all with the Rams (wins in 2017 and 2018
and losses in 2019 and 2020).
9. TREND TIME: Since 2018, when both PATRICK MAHOMES and LAMAR JACKSON became full-time starters, the Chiefs and
Ravens own the NFL’s best winning percentages, including the postseason. Kansas City during that stretch is 88-27 (.765), No. 1 in the
league, while Baltimore is 68-37 (.648), second in the NFL. Also since 2018 and including the postseason, Kansas City leads the
league with 28.9 points per game while Baltimore (25.82) ranks second. On the other side of the ball, the Ravens lead the NFL in
scoring defense during that period, allowing just 18.80 points per contest.
• Since the 1970 merger and including the postseason, Mahomes (.777) has the best winning percentage among starting quarterbacks
(minimum 50 starts). Second on that list is TOM BRADY (.751) and third is Jackson (.732).
• Detroit defensive end AIDAN HUTCHINSON has eight sacks over his last four games, including Weeks 17-18 of the regular season.
• Since Week 15 and including the postseason, Lions quarterback JARED GOFF has shined in the fourth quarter. In the final stanza
during that stretch, Goff has compiled a 116.9 passer rating (843 passing yards, six touchdown passes) and the Lions are 5-1. In last
week’s 31-23 win over Tampa Bay, Goff in the fourth quarter completed 16 of 21 attempts (76.2 percent) for 188 yards and a
touchdown.
• In three of the four Divisional games last week, the team that won the coin toss opted to receive. That happened in less than 5
percent of regular-season games this year (13 of 272).
10. NEXT GEN STAT OF THE WEEK: Since 2018, including the postseason, Baltimore’s LAMAR JACKSON has 14 touchdown
passes on designed rollouts without play action. Only Kansas City’s PATRICK MAHOMES (23) has more in that period. No other
quarterback in that span has more than six.
11. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST: The NFL’s final four includes arguably the league’s best four tight ends, including University of Iowa
products GEORGE KITTLE and SAM LAPORTA, the respective first- and second-team tight ends on the 2023 Associated Press All-Pro
list.
• While Kittle and LaPorta have had impressive 2023 seasons, Kansas City’s TRAVIS KELCE has had an impressive career,
especially in the postseason. Kelce enters this week with 145 career receptions in 20 postseason games. He needs seven receptions
against the Ravens to surpass Pro Football Hall of Famer JERRY RICE (151 receptions in 29 postseason games) for the most in NFL

5. history. In last week’s 27-24 win at Buffalo, Kelce caught five passes for 75 yards and two touchdowns, reaching five receptions in a
12th consecutive postseason game, the second-longest streak in league history behind JULIAN EDELMAN (13). Kelce also reached 50
receiving yards in an 11th straight playoff game and trails only Edelman (13) in that category.
• Kittle in last week’s 24-21 win over Green Bay led the 49ers with 81 receiving yards, including a 32-yard touchdown reception. During
the regular season, he led NFL tight ends with 1,020 receiving yards, helping San Francisco become the first team ever with a running
back, two wide receivers and a tight end to eclipse 1,000 scrimmage yards in the same season.
• LaPorta in Detroit’s 31-23 win over Tampa Bay posted nine catches, the most single-game receptions ever by a rookie tight end in a
playoff game (surpassing KEITH JACKSON and JEREMY SHOCKEY, who previously shared the mark with seven). During the regular
season, LaPorta caught 86 passes to establish the NFL’s single-season rookie record among tight ends. And, with 10 touchdown
receptions, LaPorta joined running back JAHMYR GIBBS as the first pair of rookie teammates in league annals to each score 10
touchdowns.
• Baltimore’s MARK ANDREWS caught six touchdowns in 2023 and joined Kelce as the only NFL tight ends with five-or-more
touchdown receptions in each of the past five seasons. Andrews has 40 regular-season touchdown receptions since he entered the
league in 2018. Only Kelce (52) has more in that period. What’s more, Ravens tight end ISAIAH LIKELY has five touchdown receptions
over his last six games, including playoffs.
RAVEN QUICK HITS / SEASON OVERVIEW
• Producing the NFL's best regular season record (13-4), the 2023 AFC North Champion Ravens earned a No. 1 playoff seed. After
beating Houston, 34-10, in last Saturday's Divisional Round, the Ravens will host the AFC Championship for the first time in franchise
history, when they face the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday (3 p.m. kickoff).
• With its Divisional win over the Texans, Baltimore improved to 12-9 in postseason play under head coach John Harbaugh. This
Sunday's conference title game marks the Ravens' fourth AFC Championship appearance (also 2008 & 2011-12) with Coach Harbaugh
at the helm and their fifth (also 2000) in team history.
• In 2023, the Ravens clinched the AFC's top postseason spot for the second time (also 2019) in franchise history. Additionally, the
campaign marked Baltimore’s first division title since 2019 and the fifth (also 2011-12, 2018-19) under Coach Harbaugh.
• In the 2023 regular season, the Ravens tallied an NFL-record 10 victories vs. teams that finished with a winning record, and they
posted six wins over playoff teams.
• The 2023 Ravens also ranked No. 1 in the NFL in both point differential (+203) and turnover margin (+12, tied w/ NYG).
• Baltimore became the first team in league history to finish a season ranking No. 1 in each of the following categories: points allowed
(16.5 ppg), sacks (60) and takeaways (31, tied w/ NYG).
• Led by All-Pros S Kyle Hamilton, DT Justin Madubuike, ILB Patrick Queen and ILB Roquan Smith, the Ravens allowed the league's
sixth-fewest yards (301.4 ypg).
• Madubuike posted a team-high 13 sacks (most among NFL interior linemen), while impactful veteran free agent additions OLB
Jadeveon Clowney (9.5) and OLB Kyle Van Noy (9) ranked second and third, respectively, contributing to Baltimore's single-season
franchise-tying (2006) 60 QB drops.
• S Geno Stone posted the NFL's second-most INTs (7), helping Baltimore limit foes to a league-low 74.6 passer rating.
• Baltimore ranked No. 4 in scoring (28.4 ppg) and No. 6 in total yards (370.4), averaging a NFL-high 156.5 rushing yards per game.
• First-team All-Pro QB Lamar Jackson produced the NFL's fourth-best rating (102.7), throwing for 3,678 yards (career high), 24 TDs
and just 7 INTs. He added 821 rushing yards and 5 TDs to become the only QB in NFL history with multiple seasons (also 2019 MVP
campaign) reaching the incredible 3,000/800 milestone.
• The electrifying WR Zay Flowers set rookie franchise marks in catches (77) and receiving yards (858), adding 6 total TDs (5 receiving
& 1 rushing). RB Gus Edwards tallied 810 rushing yards and 13 TDs (second most in Ravens single-season history).
• Standout TE Mark Andrews recorded 45 catches for 544 yards and 6 TDs before being injured (ankle) in Week 11, however, TE
Isaiah Likely stepped up admirably in Andrews' absence, finishing with 30 catches for 411 yards and 5 TDs.
CHIEFS- WHAT TO WATCH FOR
• Head Coach Andy Reid aims to extend his franchise record by earning his 15th postseason victory as head coach of the Chiefs. With
24 total playoff wins, Reid trails only Bill Belichick (31) for most playoff wins by a Head Coach in NFL history.

6. • QB Patrick Mahomes has 11 postseason games with a passer rating of 100+ in his six seasons of postseason play, the third most in
NFL history. Mahomes trails only PFHOF QB Joe Montana (12) and QB Tom Brady (19) for the most such games in NFL history.
• Mahomes has the chance to pass several former Chiefs on the franchise postseason scoring list. He is currently seventh in franchise
history with 30 playoff points scored and could move up to fourth with eight points scored this postseason, passing K Jan Stenerud (35),
WR Tyreek Hill (36) and K Nick Lowery (37).
• Mahomes’ 38 career playoff passing touchdowns are the sixth-most in NFL history and he has a chance to continue climbing that list.
With three more he would move past PFHOF QB Peyton Manning (40) and into the top five for most postseason passing touchdowns in
NFL history.
• TE Travis Kelce has 1,694 receiving yards on 145 catches with 18 receiving touchdowns in his postseason career, all of which are
playoff franchise records and NFL records for a tight end. Each of those marks also rank second in NFL history among all pass
catchers. Kelce is now chasing only PFHOF WR Jerry Rice with 2,245 receiving yards on 151 catches and 22 receiving touchdowns for
the top spot in each of those postseason categories.
• With 383 rushing yards in his playoff career, RB Isiah Pacheco has the third-most rushing yards in franchise postseason history. With
four more he can pass RB Marcus Allen (386) for second on the team’s career postseason rushing list. Pacheco is 60 rushing yards
behind Mahomes for the most postseason rushing yards in Chiefs history.
• Rookie WR Rashee Rice has 177 receiving yards this postseason, already the eighth-most by a rookie in NFL postseason history. He
is 31 yards from passing WR DeSean Jackson (207) into the top five. Rice could move up to second with 65 receiving yards Sunday,
moving past WR D.K. Metcalf (219), WR Austin Collie (241) and WR Torry Holt (242). He is 191 yards behind WR Ja’Marr Chase (368)
for the rookie postseason receiving record.
• CB L’Jarius Sneed’s 67 playoff tackles are the second-most in franchise history. With 11 more tackles Sneed can pass S Daniel
Sorensen for the franchise record in playoff tackles.
• K Harrison Butker has scored a franchise record 140 postseason points. With that mark, he is sixth on the NFL’s all-time postseason
scoring list. With 14 points he can pass K Gary Anderson (153) for the fifth-most postseason points all-time.
• Butker has connected on 27 field goals in the postseason, the seventh-most in NFL history. There are several kickers within striking
distance for Butker to pass this postseason. He needs three field goals to pass K Robbie Gould (29) for sixth, five field goals to pass K
Mason Crosby (31) for fifth and six to pass K Gary Anderson (32) for fourth most field goals in NFL postseason history.
DETROIT LIONS NOTES
ROOKIES ARE READY
Lions rookie RB Jahmyr Gibbs and rookie TE Sam LaPorta each scored a touchdown in their playoff debuts vs. the Rams. The only
other time two rookies produced touchdowns for Detroit in the same postseason game was on Dec. 29, 1957, with Terry Barr and Steve
Junker doing so. Gibbs also added a 31-yard rushing touchdown vs. the Buccaneers. Gibbs (13) and LaPorta (11) have combined for

7. 24 scrimmage touchdowns this season. These mark the most scrimmage touchdowns any team’s rookie class has produced in a
season (including the postseason) since the 1970 AFL/NFL merger.
BACK ATTACK
In the Wild Card Round, Lions RBs David Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs became the first running back duo for Detroit to each post 65
scrimmage yards and a touchdown in a playoff game. They were only the fourth set of Lions running backs to each rush for a
touchdown in a postseason game and the first Detroit duo to do so since Dec. 22, 1957. Gibbs and Lions RB Craig Reynolds matched
the feat a week later.
THE COCKROACH
Lions WR Josh Reynolds recorded five receptions for 80 yards (16.0 avg.) in the Wild Card Round vs. the Rams. He added two
receptions for 27 yards (13.5 avg.) and one touchdown in the Divisional Round vs. the Buccaneers. In the Wild Card game, he set a
franchise postseason record by logging 75 receiving yards in the first quarter, and his 80 receiving yards in the first half were the
second-most a Lions player has had in the first half of a playoff game. Only WR Brett Perriman had more first-half receiving yards in a
playoff game, totaling 100 yards in the first half of the Wild Card game vs. Green Bay on Jan. 8, 1994. For his postseason career, he’s
appeared in eight games (four starts) and has 18 receptions for 293 yards (16.3 avg.) and one touchdown. Fifteen of his 18 receptions
(83.3%) in the postseason have resulted in first downs. Among all active NFL players with at least 15 postseason catches, his first-
down percentage ranks as the fourth-highest in the League.
A LEAGUE OF HIS OWN
Lions DL Aidan Hutchinson produced six tackles (four solo), five quarterback hits, 2.0 sacks and two tackles for loss in his playoff debut
vs. the L.A. Rams. In the Divisional Round vs. the Buccaneers, he added four solo tackles, three quarterback hits, 1.0 sack and one
tackle for loss. His production already has him ranked among the best in franchise playoff history. Since the stats began being tracked
in 2006, he is only the seventh NFL player to notch eight quarterback hits and 3.0 sacks in a single postseason. Dating back to the
regular season, he has produced at least three quarterback hits in five-straight games. Since at least 2006, this is only the fifth time an
NFL player has logged three quarterback hits in five-straight games (including playoffs) in a single season, along with Olivier Vernon
(2015), J.J. Watt (2014, 2013) and Von Miller (2014).
49ERS NOTES
BROCK PURDY
• In 2023, Purdy registered 8 games with a passer rating of 120.0-or-higher, which is tied for the 2nd-most such games in a single
season in NFL history.
• Purdy registered a completion percentage of 70%-or-higher in 7 consecutive games in 2023, which is tied for the 2nd-most
consecutive games in NFL history with a comple tion percentage of 70%-or-higher (QB Joe Montana - 8 games in 1989; QB Drew
Brees - 7 games in 2016; QB Sam Bradford - 7 games in 2016).
• In 2023, Purdy tallied 4 games with 3-or-more TD passes and a passer rating of 140.0-or higher, which is tied for the most such
games by a QB in NFL history (Tom Brady - 2007; Aaron Rodgers - 2011).
• In his first two seasons, Purdy has registered 14 games with a passer rating of 110.0-or higher, which is tied with QB Russell
Wilson, who set the record as a member of the Seattle Seahawks, for the most such games in a player’s first two seasons in NFL
history.
• Purdy has the most games (10) with a passer rating of 120.0-or-higher in a player’s first two seasons in NFL history.
• With a passer rating of 148.9 Week 10 at Jax. (11/12/23) and a passer rating of 158.3 vs. TB (11/19/23), Purdy became the youngest
player in NFL history to post a passer rating of 145.0-or-higher in consecutive starts.
GEORGE KITTLE
• Kittle’s 6,274 career rec. yds. are the most by a 49ers TE in franchise history.
• Has 3 career games with 13-or-more recepts., tied for the 3rd-most in NFL history among TEs (Zach Ertz - 4; Jason Witten - 4; Kellen
Winslow Sr. - 3).
• Had 4 games with 2-or-more rec. TDs in 2022, including 2 consecutive [at Arz. (11/21/22), vs. Sea. (12/15/22), vs. Was. (12/24/22)
and vs. Arz. (1/8/23)]. Kittle became the first 49ers TE since at least 1970 to register 2-or-more rec. TDs in back-to-back games and the
first member of the 49ers since 2002 [WR Terrell Owens (Weeks 11-12)] to do so. Also registered 4-consecutive games with 1-or-more
TD recepts. for the first time in his career [1 at LV (1/1/23)].
• Is 1 of 4 TEs in NFL history to register 500-or-more rec. yds. in each of the first 7 seasons of his career (TE Rob Gronkowski, NE; TE
Keith Jackson, Mia.; HOF TE Ozzie Newsome, Cle.).
• Kittle is the 5th TE in NFL history to register 6,000-or-more rec. yds. in the first 7 seasons of his career.
• Kittle’s 515 rec. yds. in 2017 ranked 2nd in the NFL among rookie TEs (Evan Engram, NYG - 722 yds.) and also were the 8th-most in
a single season by a 49ers rookie and the most by a 49ers rookie TE since the merger in 1970.
• Kittle has registered the two longest TD recepts. by a TE in franchise history [82t at LAC (9/30/18) & 85t vs. Den. (12/9/18)].
CHRISTIAN MACAFFREY
• In his first 30 games as a member of the 49ers (postseason included), McCaffrey scored 34 total TDs, which is tied for the 2nd-most
total TDs by a player through their first 30 games with a team in NFL history, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
• Through McCaffrey’s first 7 seasons (2017-2023), he has registered the most recepts. by a RB through a players first 7 seasons in
NFL history (509 recepts.). McCaffrey also holds the NFL record for most career games (11) with 10-or-more recepts. by a RB.
• McCaffrey registered 7 total TDs against the Arizona Cardinals in 2023 [4 total TDs vs. Arz. (10/1/23); 3 total TDs at Arz. (12/17/23).
His 7 total TDs against the Cardinals are tied for the most TDs against a team in a single season in the Super Bowl Era.
• In 2023, McCaffrey scored 21 total TDs, which was tied for the most in the NFL (RB Raheem Mostert, Mia. - 21) and was the 2nd
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most total TDs scored by a 49ers player in a single season in franchise history.

8. • McCaffrey has registered 52 rushing TDs and 29 rec. TDs in his career, making him 1 of 3 players in NFL history to register 50-or-
more rushing TDs and 25-or-more rec. TDs [HOF RB Marshall Faulk, StL (100 rushing TDs, 36 rec. TDs); HOF RB Lenny Moore, Bal.
(63 rushing TDs, 48 rec. TDs)].
• In 2023, McCaffrey scored 1-or-more TDs in Weeks 1-8, making him the first player to score 1-or-more TDs in each of the first 8
weeks of a season since RB Todd Gurly did so as as a member of the Los Angeles Rams in 2018.
• McCaffrey is 1 of 3 players in NFL history to record 2,000-or-more yds. from scrimmage in a season for two different teams (HOF RB
Eric Dickerson, LAR/Ind.; HOF RB Marshall Faulk, StL/Ind.).
• McCaffrey is 1 of 3 players to register 1,000-or-more rushing yds. and 100-or-more recepts. in a single season. He has accomplished
the feat twice [2018 (1,098 rushing yds. & 107 recepts.) & 2019 (1,387 rushing yds. and 116 recepts.). His 116 recepts. in 2019 are the
most by an RB in NFL history. He is the only RB in NFL history to produce multiple seasons with 100-or-more recepts.
• McCaffrey is the only RB in NFL history to register 4 seasons with 5-or-more TD recepts (2017-2018, 2022-2023).
• McCaffrey reeled in 1-or-more recepts. in each of his first 57 games in the NFL, tied for the longest stretch by a RB in NFL history.
• In just 57 games, McCaffrey became the fastest player in NFL history to total 3,000 career rushing yds. and 3,000 career rec. yds.
DEEBO SAMUEL
• Samuel hauled in 4 recepts. for 116 yds. and 2 TDs through the air to go along with 3 carries for 22 yds. and 1 TD on the ground at
Phi. (12/3/23). With 116 rec. yds., 2 rec. TDs and 1 rush TD on the evening, Samuel became the 4th WR since 2000 with 100-or-more
rec. yds., 2-or-more rec. TDs and 1-or-more rush TDs in a single game (WR Chase Claypool, Pit.; WR David Patten, NE; WR Javon
Walker, Den.).
• Samuel tallied 7 recepts. for 149 yds. and 1 TD plus a 1-yd. rush TD vs. Sea. (12/10/23), becoming the 2nd player in NFL history to
register 100-or-more rec. yds., 1-or-more rec. TDs and 1-or-more rush TDs in consecutive games (RB Timmy Brown, Phi. - 1960).
• Samuel’s 1,770 yds. from scrimmage (1,405 rec. yds. & 365 rushing yds.) in 2021 were the 7th-most in a single-season in franchise
history and the most since RB Frank Gore notched a franchise-record 2,180 yds. from scrimmage (1,695 rushing yds. & 485 rec. yds.)
in 2006.
• Samuel’s 8 rushing TDs in 2021 were the most in a single season by a WR in NFL history.
• Samuel hauled in 1 recept. for 12 yds., while adding 6 carries for 66 yds. and 2 TDs on the ground vs. Min. (11/28/21). According to
the Elias Sports Bureau, he became the first WR with at least 1 rushing TD in 3-consecutive games in a season since the merger in
1970 and is the first player in the Super Bowl era, whose primary position is listed as WR, to register 5 rushing TDs in a season.
• Samuel reached at least 150 rec. yds. in 4 games in 2021 [189 at Det. (9/12/21), 156 at Sea. (10/3/21), 171 at Chi. (10/31/21) & 159
at Ten. (12/23/21)], becoming the first member of the 49ers with 4-or-more games with 150-plus rec. yds. since WR Jerry Rice (1995).
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