The Patriots are 18-4 all-time in the playoffs at Gillette Stadium….
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Yes, there were other injuries.
One down and one to go before it’s Tom Brady-Peyton Manning 17. He said this: “I’m not sure exactly what you’re talking about”. There are only four teams playing next week, and we’re one of them. He’s got as much heart as anybody. However, they had all three of their timeouts remaining and had held the Patriots in check throughout the fourth quarter. The Seattle Seahawks have themselves a rematch with the Carolina Panthers on 1:05 PM ET, and after that comes the AFC’s turn, with another regular season rematch, as the Pittsburgh Steelers come to play against the Denver Broncos, beginning at 4:40 PM ET.
There was a report after the game that Edelman was headed for x-rays, but that may have just been to check on the condition of his foot after the game. “I just had to slow down and get back to the fundamentals”. He worked so hard.
At halftime, Chiefs fan Jon Vaccaro, 34, who works in the auto industry in Kansas City, said he was confident that his team would come back in the second half. The play was upheld, but did little to deter Brady as he leaped over the masses on the next play for a touchdown to extend the lead to 14-3. As always he masterfully controlled the action, using a short, pinpoint passing game to act as the running game and it gave the Chiefs fits all night. He will break that next week.
“You’re not rooting too hard”.
“Whatever happens, happens”, said Brady when asked if he would be rooting for the Steelers. Every single week it’s really about, we set the goal at the beginning of the week, and this is how we’re going to win, and this is how they win, and this is what we need to do.
The greatest quarterback that’s ever lived spearheaded the Patriots to a 27-20 divisional round win over the Chiefs to advance to a fifth consecutive AFC Championship Game.
Or would it be the most obvious one: Travis Kelce. And the center of it all is tight end Rob Gronkowski.
-Patriots DE Chandler Jones, involved in an incident in which he reportedly had a reaction to synthetic marijuana last week, started Saturday. He forced a fumble…. Brady completed 28/42 pass attempts for 302 yards, two throwing touchdowns, and one rushing touchdown. “Anytime the Clydesdale gets running the crowd goes insane”, wide receiver Julian Edelman said.
Rob Gronkowski’s two touchdown catches gave him eight for his playoff career, the most of any tight end in National Football League history.
“I dropped some balls that I shouldn’t have, trying to make a move before I caught it”, he said.
The NFL does not allow coaches to challenge plays in the final two minutes of a game because all plays are automatically reviewed.
“That certainly is a big, big part of it”, quarterback Alex Smith said. “I’m going to be working on those a lot this week”.
-Leave it to a kicker from another country to put a tough loss in proper perspective. “That’s why I look forward to the next opportunity that we have like this”. “We will be ready to come back next year”.
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Chiefs coach Andy Reid has had past issues with clock management, most notably against the Patriots when his Philadelphia Eagles took their time down with the ball while down 10 points in Super Bowl XXXIX.
