2025-2026 NFL Championship Weekend: Data Summary

Hello everyone!

And then there were two. 2 standout conference championship games - one a defensive battle decided by 3 points and one an offensive battle decided by 4 points. The result? Patriots! Seahawks! See you in 2 weeks at our final SmashUp game of the 2025-2026 season in the Super Bowl!

Before that though, here is the utilization data for Championship Weekend including the most picked players by position, the most played cards, and the most popular combos. These are not in terms of points but in terms of popularity of picks. Without further ado, here are the stats for the players by position.

Players by Position

QB	RB	WR	TE	K	DEF
Matthew Stafford	Kenneth Walker III	Puka Nacua	Hunter Henry	Jason Myers	NE D/ST
Drake Maye	Kyren Williams	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	Colby Parkinson	Andy Borregales	DEN D/ST
Sam Darnold	Rhamondre Stevenson	Rashid Shaheed	AJ Barner	Harrison Mevis	SEA D/ST
Jarrett Stidham	RJ Harvey	Davante Adams	Tyler Higbee	Wil Lutz	LAR D/ST
	TreVeyon Henderson	Kayshon Boutte	Evan Engram

Looking at SmashCards, here are the top 10 played cards last week.

Top 10 SmashCards

SmashCard
Golden Arm
12th Man
Special Teams Ace
E-L-G-S-E-S Eagles!
A Seabird’s Confidence
Divided Loyalties
Moneyball Capologist
Cannon Arm
Takeaway Car
Extra Credit

Let’s take a look at the top played combos.

Top Played Combos

Player	Card	Points
Matt Stafford	Golden Arm	12 pts
Rashid Shaheed	Special Teams Ace	4.2 pts
Matt Stafford	Cannon Arm	12.7 pts
NE D/ST	E-L-G-S-E-S Eagles!	12 pts
Matt Stafford	12th Man	9 pts
Drake Maye	Mr. Relevant	0 pts
NE D/ST	Takeaway Car	16 pts
Puka Nacua	Tunnel Vision of Love	42 pts
Drake Maye	Golden Arm	0 pts
Puka Nacua	Starting WR	11.4 pts

We are off for Pro Bowl week but will be back for the Super Bowl with games kicking off on 2/4! Good luck for the big game!