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senior NFL national reporter- Dan Graziano is a senior NFL national reporter for ESPN, covering the entire league and breaking news. Dan also contributes to Get Up, NFL Live, SportsCenter, ESPN Radio, Sunday NFL Countdown and Fantasy Football Now. He is a New Jersey native who joined ESPN in 2011, and he is also the author of two published novels. You can follow Dan on Twitter via @DanGrazianoESPN.
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ESPN- Ben Solak joined ESPN in 2024 as a national NFL analyst. He previously covered the NFL at The Ringer, Bleeding Green Nation and The Draft Network.
The divisional round of the NFL playoffs kicked off Saturday afternoon with the Chiefs topping the Texans 23-14 to advance to the AFC Championship Game. Then the Commanders punched their ticket to the NFC Championship Game on Saturday night, beating the Lions 45-31.
What are the lessons from each divisional round matchup, and what's next for these teams? We asked NFL analyst Ben Solak and national insider Dan Graziano to help size up each game and look forward from all angles. For Texans-Chiefs and Commanders-Lions, Ben answered one big remaining question and Dan judged the legitimacy of one potential overreaction.
Let's jump in, making sense of the Commanders' wild upset of the Lions and Travis Kelce's big performance for the Chiefs.
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Texans-Chiefs | Commanders-Lions
Commanders 45, Lions 31
Overreaction? The Lions have already blown their best shot at a Super Bowl.