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The third quarterback designation would have helped San Francisco. Plus, the impact of Nathaniel Hackett’s hiring, Bill O’Brien’s influence on Mac Jones, the Bills’ championship window and much more in our Championship Sunday Takeaways.

The Eagles are headed to the Super Bowl.

The Eagles rolled past the Giants on their way to the NFC championship game.

NEW YORK — The NFC East is built on storied rivalries and Saturday night’s NFC divisional round playoff clash between two teams separated by less than 100 miles down the Jersey Turnpike provides plenty of ill-will and history to draw from.

Until that unwise Monday gamble on Tampa Bay at home we were 5-0 straight-up and 5-0 against the spread on wild-card weekend, bull’s-eyeing outright upsets by the Jaguars and Giants and accurately calling both Dolphins-with-points and the 49ers’ cover. Kept muttering to myself, “Where you been all year?” with the…

Which teams are the favorites in the divisional round?

For the second straight game, the Lakers failed to come through in crunch time.

Which team is going all the way? Our writers and editors fill out their brackets and pick a champion, a final score and an MVP for the big game.

Plus, the nation finds out why Cincinnati is a special place, the Seahawks are playoff bound without Russell Wilson, the Dolphins are headed back to the playoffs and much more.