Belichick said the emotion of Sunday’s game is with the entire team, but he’s encouraging players on Monday to pick up the pieces and move on. He came back and made more than his share of plays most notably the 40-yard catch down the seam on fourth-and-10 during New England’s late scoring drive, then the 4-yard grab for a touchdown that gave the Patriots a chance to tie the game.
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And this isn’t Sharpe’s first trolling rodeo.
DENVER Tom Brady wasnt vintage Brady until the end, anyway.
Two months shy of 40, he’s also trying to supplant Elway as the oldest QB ever to win a Lombardi Trophy. No one from that team is still on the roster, and only two (Julius Peppers, Steve Smith) are still in the league. Jets linebacker David Harris shined with nine tackles, three assists, and an interception.
If Aaron Rodgers had the Green Bay Packers at 17-1 and heading into the mother of all football games, would we slow our roll lest we sound too frothy at the mouth?
It’s hardly a secret that pressure is Brady’s Kryptonite – the league’s been trying to re-create the Giants’ Super Bowl XLII game plan for years.
Veteran Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning got the better of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady in a narrow 20-18 victory at Mile High Stadium to clinch the AFC championship. Manning finished with 349 yards and went on to win his only Super Bowl against the Chicago Bears. “I’d love to finish in the last game of the year and win it”, Brady said Sunday night. The Patriots had to go for 2 because Stephen Gostkowski pushed an extra point to the right in the first quarter – his first miss in 524 tries.
The thrilling victory sends the Broncos through to a record-equalling eighth Super Bowl. Six plays later they kicked a field goal, putting Denver up 20-12 which ultimately proved to be the difference in the game.
Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos were the talk of Melbourne Park, at least for two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka.
The Patriots lost their last two regular season games to squander home-field advantage.
The AFC championship game topped the NFC championship game between the Arizona Cardinals and Carolina Panthers. But they did not bring their best game to the penultimate stage in football, and that will haunt them in the months ahead.
That is a reference to Manning, who is 1-2 in past Super Bowls. “We dominated him”, Ward said.
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“I’ve really tried to take it one week at a time all season long, through the injuries and all the things that have gone on”, Manning said.
