Andy Reid says Chiefs had headset problems in New England

The New England Patriots defeat the Kansas City Chiefs in Foxborough 27-20.

“It’s pretty special to get back to another AFC championship game”, said Tom Brady, who will play in his 10th conference title game. “It’s hard to do”. Only four teams are playing next weekend and I’m glad we’re one of them. The Patriots are trying to become the first team to win back-to-back National Football League titles since they did it in 2003-04. The AFC Championship game will be in Denver if the Broncos win Sunday, or it will be in New England if the Steelers come out on top. A 16-play Kansas City possession ended with a one-yard touchdown run by running back Charcandrick West, but the Chiefs repeatedly wasted time – using a huddle in the final two minutes and squandering timeout opportunities. Edelman had 10 catches for 100 yards and Gronkowski, had 83 yards on seven catches with two touchdowns. Rodgers finished the game with two touchdown passes while the ground game worked for 135 yards, but the Cardinals didn’t bend defensively.

Reid also said he plans to promote Pederson’s replacement as Chiefs offensive coordinator from within the staff. He wouldn’t go beyond that, but the logicial candidates would be among assistant head coach/wide receivers coach David Culley; running backs coach Eric Bieniemy; quarterbacks coach Matt Nagy or Brad Childress, the club’s spread-game analyst/special projects, who served as Reid’s offensive coordinator at Philadelphia during 2002-05 before becoming Minnesota’s head coach. But they learned what many other teams already have: It’s hard to win in New England – and even more difficult in the postseason. “The chemistry was clicking tonight”.

Smith completed 29 of 50 passes for 246 yards and a score. The NFL suspended Brady the first four games of the 2015 regular season, but Brady had the suspension lifted by a federal judge less than a week before New England’s regular-season opener.

This is the kind of game that will leave the Chiefs” players and their fans wondering “What could have been?’ Will Andy Reid ever learn to play from behind late in the game?

“We’re a resilient team”, Fitzgerald said. The Chiefs scored a TD with 1:13 remaining in the 4th to make it a seven-point game. The Patriots advanced to their fifth consecutive AFC championship game. The Patriots ran the ball only once in the first quarter, the fourth time this season they ran one or zero times in an opening quarter…. The Chiefs had just suffered their first loss in 12 games and their roller coaster season was suddenly over.

Santos answered for the Chiefs with a 34-yard field goal, but Brady had more magic up his sleeve. “It wasn’t a flawless world, not quite the way we wanted it. So we took a couple of shots to get it in, and we still had a 1:15 or 1:13, right around there”.

“I thought Justin would be able to hold the point OK, ‘ Reid said, “but being able to push off and run with speed, he was going to struggle with that a little”. The Patriots are 18-4 all-time in the playoffs at Gillette Stadium….

New England had drives of 80, 98 and 69 yards against a timid Kansas City defense in a 27-20 victory. The story of this game will be centered around Peyton Manning and Tom Brady, two of the greatest quarterbacks of all time.

He might not have been playing for the New England Patriots in the game, but LeGarrette Blount made his presence known during it, on social media.