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Orlando Guardians
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Cincinnati Defenders (-13)
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☆Cincinnati enjoyed the rest during the bye and are heavy favorites to defeat Orlando but the Guardians defeated Toronto by 26 as underdogs and feel like they have nothing to lose.
☆Cincinnati enter the postseason without their leading rusher Julio Hamilton who is out with a knee injury. They need players like WR Steven Jackson & Derrick Moss to replace the lost production in the running game.
☆Cincinnati will also be without their starting LT Jack Durgin who has a high ankle sprain.
☆Cincinnati QB Gary Fielding has 14 postseason starts where he is 7-7 Alltime. He has gone 284 for 489 is his postseason career for 3,260 yards, 21 TD passes & 21 INTs.
☆Orlando QB William Young made his first postseason start last week where his team won big but he completed less than half his passes going 16 of 34 for 241 yards, 2 TD passes & 1 INT.
☆Orlando will also be without their starting LT William Eady.
☆Cincinnati has the 4th ranked offense & 10th ranked defense.
☆Orlando has the 12th ranked offense & 13th ranked defense.
☆Cincinnati has a +5 turnover margin while Orlando boast a +14 turnover margin.
☆Cincinnati has the #1 run defense but the 29th ranked pass defense.
☆Orlando has the #10 ranked pass defense but the 21st ranked run defense.
☆These two teams haven't never met in the postseason while Cincinnati is 12-4 Alltime versus Orlando in the regular season including 6-2 at home.
☆These two teams last met in week 8 last season where Cincinnati traveled to Orlando and won 28-6.
☆Cincinnati has made 2 Conference Championship games including last season where they won and went to the XFL Title game.
☆Orlando has made 1 Conference Championship game way back in 2025 which they won to advance to the XFL Title game.
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New York Empire
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Vancouver Vandals (-5)
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☆Vancouver enters the game as 5 point favorites versus New York as both teams finished the season 11-5 and both are coming off impressive wins at home versus a tough division rival.
☆Vancouver comes into the fairly health with only starting RT Daniel Graham being questionable to start in the game.
☆New York has 10 players on the injury report with WR Michael Montgomery & LDE Joshua Johnson definately out for the game. LG Joey Carney, WLB Ray Vickers, CB Anthony Mills & CB Carl Bowman are all questionable & game time decisions. Montgomery is their 2nd leading rusher & Johnson is their 2nd leading pass rusher.
☆Vancouver QB Keith Garcia made his first postseason start last week and went 22 for 42 for 239 yards, 1 TD pass & 0 INT.
☆New York QB William Jennings has made 3 postseason starts and won his first postseason game last week. He is 84 for 141 in his postseason career for 1,137 yards, 8 TD passes & 4 INTs. He went 25 for 31 last week for 495 yards, 6 TD passes & 0 INTs. The 495 yards ranks 7th Alltime in a postseason game while his 6 TD passes ties him for 3rd Alltime in a postseason game.
☆Vancouver has the 11th ranked offense & 6th ranked defense.
☆New York has the 5th ranked offense & 18th ranked defense.
☆Vanxouver has the 8th ranked pass defense & 10th ranked run defense.
☆New York has the 16th ranked run defense & 18th ranked pass defense.
☆Vancouver has a +6 turnover margin while New York has a -2 turnover margin.
☆These two teams have never met in the postseason while Vancouver holds a 9-7 record versus New York Alltime in the regular season including 5-3 at home.
☆These two teams last met in week 4 this season where Vancouver hosted New York and won 24-3.
☆Vancouver has advanced to 1 Conference Championship game back in 2044 where they won and went to the XFL Title game.
☆New York has never made it to the Conference Championship game.
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Memphis Maniacs
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Atlanta Dominators (-10)
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☆Atlanta is coming off the bye and poised to defend their 7 straight Titles and begin as 10 point favorites at home versus their division rival.
☆Atlanta enters the game with just 2 players injured, RB Gregory Maurice & LDE Hiram Lund who both should miss the game. Maurice is just a depth RB but Lund is their 2nd leading pass rusher.
☆Memphis enters the game with 10 players on the injury report. Only DT Darrell Dustin is officially out for the game while RB Thomas Gibbons, WR Earnest Underwood, LDE Kennett Behrens & LDE Clifford Owens are all questionable and game time decisions. Dustin is their starting DT which is a huge lose versus the vaunted Atlanta rushing attack.
☆Atlanta QB Alan Wyatt has made 5 career postseason starts where he is 3-2 Alltime going 140 of 227 for his post season career for 1,263 yards, 9 TD passes & 5 INTs. This will be his first postseason start in 5 years.
☆Memphis QB Anthony Henderson has made 11 postseason starts where he is 6-5 Alltime. He has gone 279 of 489 for his postseason career for 3,655 yards, 27 TD passes & 10 INTs. He went 17 of 29 last week for 428 yards, 4 TD passes & 0 INT.
☆Atlanta has the 9th ranked offense & 3rd ranked defense.
☆Memphis has the 8th ranked offense & 4th ranked defense.
☆Atlanta has the 2nd ranked run defense & 11th ranked pass defense.
☆Memphis has the 4th ranked pass defense & 6th ranked pass defense.
☆Atlanta has a +10 turnover margin while Memphis has a -1 turnover margin.
☆These two teams have met 6 times in the postseason and Atlanta is 6-0 Alltime versus Memphis including 4-0 at home. Atlanta has beaten Memphis 6 timed by a combined score of 170-57 which is a rough average score of 28-10.
2023 Memphis 23-13 (W)
2041 Memphis 48-3 (W)
2042 @Memphis 16-7 (W) CC
2044 Memphis 26-16 (W) CC
2046 @Memphis 19-6 (W)
2047 Memphis 38-12 (W)
☆Atlanta holds a 42-19-1 Alltime record versus Memphis in the regular season including 25-6 at home.
☆Atlanta has gone 139-12 (.921) the past 8 seasons in the regular season plus the postseason combined.
☆Memphis has gone 6-15 (.286) versus Atlanta the past 8 seasons in the regular season plus the postseason combined.
☆Atlanta has a (.714) winning percentage versus Memphis the past 8 seasons and a (.954) winning percentage versus everyone else in the league.
☆Atlanta has advanced to 12 Conference Championship games where they are 10-2 Alltime and have won 9 XFL Titles including the last 7 straight.
☆Memphis has advanced to 3 Conference Championship games where they are 1-2 Alltime.
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Phoenix Predators
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Providence Islanders (-12)
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☆Providence host Phoenix and are double digit favorites to advance to the Conference Championship game.
☆Providence enters the game with 10 players with injury designations. WR John Holm, WR Leroy Ogden, DT Willis Hurley, DT Charles Donnelley, DT Oscar Fischer & RDE Chadwick Turner are all questionable and game time decisions. Holm is their 2nd leading rusher, Ogden is their 3rd leading receiver while Turner is their 3rd leading pass rusher and the 3 DTs are their #1-#3 players at the position.
☆Phoenix enters the game with 9 players injured but only WR Stephen Powell, LG Isaac Orrell & DT Michael Wilson are questionable and game time decisions. Powell is their 3rd leading reciever, Orwell is a backup and Wilson is the stating Nose tackle.
☆Providence QB William Powers has made 7 postseason starts where he is 5-2 Alltime. He has gone 163 of 293 for his postseason career for 1,615 yards, 9 TD passed & 12 INTs. He went 24 of 49 last week for 238 yards, 1 TD pass & 3 INTs.
☆Phoenix QB Taylor Rojas has made 7 postseason starts where he is 2-5 Alltime. He has gone 129 of 227 for his postseason career for 1,506 yards, 9 TD passes & 8 INTs. He went 16 of 32 last week for 243 yards, 2 TD passes & 2 INTs.
☆Providence has the 6th ranked offense & the 1st ranked defense.
☆Phoenix has the 2nd ranked offense & 2nd ranked defense.
☆Providence has the 3rd ranked run defense & 3rd ranked pass defense.
☆Phoenix has the 1st ranked pass defense & 5th ranked run defense.
☆Providence has a +12 turnover margin while Phoenix has a -12 turnover margin.
☆These two teams twice in the postseason and Providence is 2-0 Alltime including 2-0 at home and a 17-16 instant classic last year in the Division round.
☆These two teams have a regular season record of 8-8-1 against one another while Providence is 2-1-1 at home versus Phoenix.
☆These two teams last met in week 3 this season where Phoenix hosted Providence and won 13-10.
☆Providence has advanced to the last 3 Conference Championship games where they have lost to Atlanta all 3 times and they are looking to finally knocking Atlanta and make their first XFL Title game.
☆Phoenix has advanced to the Conference Championship game 4 times where they went 1-3 and won the XFL Title in 2025.
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