Chiefs take too long in comeback attempt in loss to Patriots

That drive started with 6:29 left in the game. Alex Smith once again proved on Saturday that he is not up to that challenge.

“We had an opportunity to get a play in, run a play, and we thought it was a good play, an opportunity to possibly score”, Reid said. The Cardinals ran over the Packers in that game, winning 38-8.

Other Patriots receivers made bigger plays.

Talk about a turn of events.

Instead of being up 14-0, the Cardinals had a 7-3 lead after Green Bay’s Mason Crosby kicked a 28-yard field goal. His 22 playoff victories also are the most by a quarterback.

Cobb stretched out for a diving 51-yard catch to Arizona’s 3-yard line, landing hard on the turf.

“Anytime the Clydesdale gets running, the crowd goes insane”, Edelman said.

With time winding down in yesterdays’ game against the Patriots, Chiefs’ head coach Andy Reid showed little to no urgency, badly mismanaging the clock.

Should the Broncos win on Sunday, it would set up yet another critical game in the storied rivalry of two of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. It’s New England’s 12th conference title game overall.

Brady is 17 of 25 for 157 yards and a touchdown pass to Rob Gronkowski. Brady rushed for a 1-yard score, and kicker Stephen Gostkowski connected for two field goals. In most cases that doesn’t win football games.

Brady is one rushing TD behind LeGarrette Blount, who has seven for the Patriots.

The referees are trying to keep this game under control, a week after the game between Cincinnati and Pittsburgh was tainted by illegal hits and penalties.

After trading punts twice, the Patriots started on their when punt returner Danny Amendola was flagged for a helmet-first hit to coverage man Jamell Fleming.

– Jimmy Golen reporting from Foxborough, Massachusetts.

The Kansas City Chiefs’ comeback attempt came up short – and took way too long.

Backup David Andrews took Stork’s place early in the second quarter. But the Chiefs reacted, and two defenders hammered Brady as he tried to twist his way across the goalline, forcing him out just before his back crossed the pylon.

The Patriots’ late-season slump didn’t mean much when the playoffs came to New England. Six days after Jones reportedly experienced a bad reaction to chemical marijuana, he forced a fumble recovered by Dont’a Hightower to end Kansas City’s opening possession of the second half.

With Rob Gronkowski and Julian Edelman coming back from injuries to help Tom Brady return to his Super Bowl MVP form, the Patriots earned a spot in the AFC title game for the fifth year in a row, beating the Chiefs 27-20 on Saturday. Chris Conley also had five catches as Smith connected with 10 receivers.

In the meantime, the Patriots have won 24 postseason games.

The Chiefs scored a touchdown with 1:13 remaining to draw within one score. His scamper might have caught Kansas City by some surprise. And Brady and Co. took advantage, quickly marching 69 yards on a drive capped off with a 16-yard touchdown reception to Gronkowski to put them ahead 21-6. “We’ll be a better team for it next year”.