Bills-Chiefs, Commanders-Eagles: Lessons from AFC, NFC title games

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Conference Championship Sunday might have been better described as Inevitability Sunday. It felt inevitable that Saquon Barkley would produce another big play, and the star back didn't take long, as he housed the first offensive snap of the game for the Eagles, giving Philadelphia a lead it would never relinquish. It felt inevitable that the Commanders would be overwhelmed by a far superior team on paper, and after they forced the Lions into a sloppy game last week, Dan Quinn's team was finally the squad that looked overmatched and made too many mistakes in a 55-23 loss.

It felt inevitable that the Bills-Chiefs game would come down to a big blitz in a key situation by Kansas…