New England Patriots end Kansas City’s 11-game streak to reach AFC

Thus, if the Patriots win this year’s big game, Brady will be in a class all by himself. “It’s hard to do”. New England is now 18-4 at home during the postseason and will play the victor of Sunday’s Denver Broncos-Pittsburgh Steelers game. Brady took a helmet in the back as his body – but not the ball – cleared the goal line. With Edelman and tight end Rob Gronkowski back in the lineup, Tom Brady threw for more than 300 yards for just the second time since Edelman broke his foot.

After spending the last two weeks recovering from knee and back injuries, Gronkowski had touchdown catches from 8 and 16 yards.

“It’s a fine line of getting into the best play and just keep going at the line of scrimmage”, Smith said. “They’re hard workers, they’re great players”.

“You always want to get a fast start, especially being together with everyone, Julian, Danny, everyone back out there on the field”, said Gronkowski. Brady capped the possession off by throwing an 8-yard touchdown pass to Gronkowski.

It is the Patriots’ fifth straight trip to the AFc Championship game.

-Belichick said he had “a heavy heart” Saturday after the passing of Ted Marchibroda, who gave him his first National Football League coaching job in 1975. “So, this is a good experience for us”.

Tom Brady will never be confused with Kansas City Chiefs counterpart Alex Smith in the wheels department, but the Patriots quarterback was certainly willing to give it a shot.

The New England Patriots managed to avoid committing a turnover in their 27-20 win on Saturday, something no team had done against the Kansas City Chiefs since Week 4. For the first time in two months, Edelman was on the field for New England, having recovered from a Jones fracture, one that required a screw to be surgically inserted into a bone in his left foot and required a protective plate in his shoe to prevent further injury.

Only the Oakland Raiders (1973-77) have played in five consecutive conference title games in the Super Bowl era. Brady completed 28 of 42 passes for 302 yards, including those two touchdowns to Gronk. “I finished the game and feel good enough to get ready to prepare for next week”. He’s 38 years old and Tom still gets it; he looked like a kid out there hugging and high-fiving Josh McDaniels.

-The Kansas City Chiefs won 11 straight games after starting the season 1-5, including the franchise’s first postseason win in 21 years.

“We got down to the 1-yard line, and we ended up going backwards, but we ended up punching it in there, too”, Reid told reporters after the game.

Former Eagles wide receiver Jeremy Maclin, now with the Chiefs, played Saturday despite an ankle injury that kept him out of practice last week. They just failed to take advantage. Brady rushed for a 1-yard score, and kicker Stephen Gostkowski connected for two field goals.

Despite possessing the ball for almost 38 minutes of game action and converting 12-of-20 third downs attempts, an undermanned Chiefs offense failed to do significant damage against New England for the majority of the afternoon.