 What's up? Welcome into the fan duel. Hurry up. I'm Maria Marino for fantasy sports network joined by Gabe Marensi as we preview this championship weekend in the NFL. We're going to go over both spreads. Gabe, let's start with the first game on Sunday in the NFC. The Rams visiting the Saints at 305 p.m. Eastern the Saints. The home team are favored by three and a half points. What do you think about this? Is it as cool as it gets? Of course, it's a rematch from earlier this year. The Saints won that football game by 10 points 45 35. The question is, will it be as high scoring this time around? Probably not. But it doesn't mean that we still can't get there as far as the total is concerned. But you want to talk about evenly matched teams. There's been a lot of talk all week guys obviously about this being the first time that the Conference Championship Games have the top four offenses in the national football league and what we all taught as children defense wins championships and I'll tell you what, when we get to the Super Bowl and we break it down, I'm going to remind you that the better defense does usually win the championship. But if you don't have a good offense, you're not getting a chance to use that defense in the championship. But how evenly matched are these teams? Both of them are 14 and 3 on the season. The LA Rams score 32.8 points per game. They give up 23.9 points per game. New Orleans score 28 points per game. They give up 21.6 as evenly matched as they come. We could break down a lot of numbers, trends, stats. One thing that catches my eye is just how good Sean McVay and Jared Goff have been together on the road. Sean McVay is 14 and 3 on the road as head coach of the Los Angeles Rams. Yet the New Orleans Saints have won 7 straight home playoff games. It's a very difficult place to win. Philadelphia had him on a bus last week, unable to deliver the knockout punch. Whatever happens, we're going to have a great Super Bowl matchup. Whether it's Goff and against Mahomes, whether it's Goff versus Brady, whether it's Breeze versus Brady, it seems like it's almost like Drew Breeze is seasoned. You know, you notice he's already in a ton of TV commercials like we're planning that it's you know, it's like Drew Breeze is like swan song on the way out here. And I'll tell you what, you know, it's hard to get in front of them, but that's exactly what I'm going to do. I'm going to take the Los Angeles Rams plus the points, especially we get that hook at three and a half Maria. I really do think this is going to be a closer football game. Could come down whoever has the ball last wins. One thing I'll say, a lot of people are talking about the running backs and how these teams have changed over the last month or so. I'm going to, I expect less running here. I think both these teams are going to attack both these quarterbacks were extremely successful in the first matchup and I think they're going to be able to be successful again, but a big difference maker in this football game. Akeem Talib wasn't there the first time. He's going to be here this time and you're going to be able to jam up Michael Thomas and you're not going to worry about Trayquan Smith. You're not going to worry about Kirkwood. Kamara seemingly slowed down over the last couple of weeks as well. If the Saints win, am I shocked? No. But I'm going to take the Rams here. I'm going to be betting on the over as well. And I like the Rams and a seven point teaser. This is amazing Gabe. I did not expect you to go this way mainly because all week long I've just been hearing about home field advantage for the Saints and I get it. I get how good they are at home. They're in the dome where Drew Brees feels comfortable and yeah, Drew Brees does kind of seem like he's everybody's favorite, right? Everyone wants to see Drew Brees win one more Super Bowl. It's almost, you know what it is? It's like watching like Law and Order. And with the Saints, yeah, I'm going somewhere with this. So it's like watching Law and Order and it's around like you're only about 35 minutes in. Like, you know Law and Order, it always starts off like the first obvious choice and it's never them, right? And it's like, oh, maybe it's their sister and then they twist here like, I knew it was the sister and then there's always that third. Oh my God, it was the father, right? You know, this is one of these deals where the script is just too obvious that it's going to be Drew Brees. I just feel like the Rams are going to throw a curveball here and all this hype around Shaw McVeigh comes to fruition and Shaw McVeigh goes to the Super Bowl instead of Sean Payton. For you prop players out there, field goal kickers are going to come into play here. I like the long field goal as well. You've got Zurline and you got Will Lutz two of the better kickers in a national football league. Other props that we're looking at. Everyone's like you said, Maria, I was talking to go into the Saints and Superdome. Everyone's talking about the running backs. I'm going to be betting me over in a quarterback props. I think that Goff's going to go over the 284 and a half or so give or take whatever it ends up being a kickoff and I think that Drew Brees probably goes over his number as well. All right, so Gabe likes the Rams, but whatever happens it should be a really close entertaining game. Just can't wait for this one. All right, let's talk about the AFC championship. Now it all gets underway at 640 p.m. Eastern with the Patriots visiting the Chiefs, the Chiefs favored by just three points. We always hear how hard it is to play at Arrowhead Stadium. The Pats, their history away from home in the playoffs not great. What do you make of this? Well, you know their history isn't great away. You know the last time in New England Patriots won a playoff game on the road January 14th 2007 coming off the 2006 season and I was against the San Diego charges of course the same team that they beat last week. Thanks for nothing last week Los Angeles. You know really you know that that was really really bad but you know the Patriots are low to deal with at home in Foxborough. We talked about it last week on the Patriots what was Brady was like 19 and 3 or something like that at home in the playoffs straight up. We'll make it 20 and 3 right now but history hasn't been kind to Bella Check and Brady on the road in the postseason. We talked about it there one and four in the last five road playoff games 0 and 3 in their last three haven't won a road playoff game going all the way back to 2006 season. Now you know you can be sitting at home and saying I don't care what happened you know 10 years ago and I can totally get that but let's talk about what happened this year let's talk about what happened this year on the road with the New England Patriots 3 and 5 who do they beat? They beat Nate Herman and the Buffalo Bills. They beat the New York Jets in mid-season where the Jets were sort of in one of their funks which was pretty much like all the time when they were in one of their funks but you know what I mean. Oh I do. The best time of the year for the Jets Pats came in there and beat them they beat the Bears earlier in the year on the road we'll give them credit for that but just 3 and 5 on the road so it's not just ooh in the playoffs no no they're not a great road team and there's big differences as far as their offense their defense is scoring numbers Tom Brady's quarterback much lower on the road and I'll tell you what it's one of the toughest places to play in the league right now going into Arrowhead I'm not a chief fan but like honestly like I used to live in Los Angeles I got a soft spot in my heart for the Rams but I'm buying in now on the Chiefs look Shaw McVeigh the guy's 33 years old he's got a hot girlfriend and he makes a ton of money his life is good John Payton's already won a Super Bowl Billichek I'm not sure I would hit the brakes with Billichek as I heard a lie to the Simpsons the other day like who's cheering for Billichek besides like I'm sure there's people in Billichek's family like he's won enough his eagles big enough like who's cheering for him? Nobody unless you're a Patriot fan right Andy Reed the guy's been in the league forever how do you not pull for Uncle Andy Reed and that's what we're doing right here but there's too much talent too much speed and I'm buying in my homes is that good he really is the Steph Curry of the National Football League I'm all in Kansas City Chiefs are going to win this football game and it's not even going to be close they're going to win convincingly they're going to beat the Patriots down they're going to win this game like you know 44-24 or 41-28 or something it's going to be a higher scoring game don't buy into the weather it's already going to be warmer than they predicted or did you guys just oversensationalize it earlier in the week the fields are heated 30 degrees there's heaters under the grass they put a new sod I don't know if people are aware of this but they have these things called heaters they're going to be on the sideline with the players you might be cold in the stands as a fan the players will be just fine Kansas City are going to the Super Bowl for the first time since Lynn Dawson was smoking marbles at the half and drinking Coca-Cola Chiefs win gentlemen hashtag bet against us I'm going to bet against you and I'm going to win money give me the Chiefs give me the over well the Chiefs have had their fair share of playoff or deals Andy Reid included but I think you nailed it the difference here is Patrick Mahomes he seems like just a different breed and somebody who is game ready for the big moment and I have to just bounce off of what you were saying before who wants to see the Patriots make the Super Bowl again I'm sorry nobody does not that that necessarily impacts the game they're going to be good, they're going to put up a fight but I too like the Chiefs to advance to the Super Bowl alright Gabe Morenze thank you so much for joining us that's it for the FanDuel hurry up as we get ready for the championship weekend in the NFL I think we're going to have a pair of classic games looking forward to it on Sunday