The New England Patriots on Way to AFC Championship

On the first drive, the Patriots went 80 yards in 11 plays, with Brady coolly finding the openings in Kansas City’s defense. Facing a third-and-10 on his own 20-yard line, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady dropped back, scanned the field and found No. 11 in blue, standing with a sliver of daylight.

The New England Patriots held on to topple the Kansas City Chiefs, 27-20.

After an incomplete pass, West ran it in for a touchdown – but there was only 1:13 left in the game.

“It’s pretty cool. It’s hard to do”, Brady said after beating the Chiefs and advancing to the AFC title contest yet again “You’ve got to grind throughout the entire year”.

Brady got his 9th career 300-yard passing postseason game, tied for first all-time. He also recorded eight first downs, the type of contribution which is of the utmost value for a Patriots team that converted just 29 of 86 third-downs in the final six games of the regular season.

Edelman had a 10 reception/100 yard game in his first time on the field since last November.

Peyton Manning will meet his arch nemesis Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship game Sunday January, 24. If Denver wins, the Patriots will travel to Denver for the game.

After spending two weeks recovering from knee and back injuries, Gronkowski caught seven passes for 83 yards, including touchdowns from 8 and 16 yards out. It prevented him from successfully dealing with the abundance of personalities that came in and out of the Philadelphia Eagles locker room while he was head coach, and it has caused him to face complaints regarding his end of game play calling. The Chiefs didn’t come out to well in this game but it was a very good game compared to some of the other games.

“At the end of the day it comes down to execution and they executed a little better than we did”, said KC punt returner Frankie Hammond Jr.

Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels said what’s most remarkable about Brady is his consistency.

KC-Santos 34 yard field goal, 1:52. “Get some guys back, run around and make some plays”.

With the win, the Patriots snapped a back to back game losing skid and are.

‘BIG BEN’ QUESTIONABLE, BROWN AND WILLIAMS OUT FOR STEELERS NFL receptions leader Antonio Brown and Pittsburgh rushing leader DeAngelo Williams were ruled out Friday for Sunday’s playoff game at Denver, putting a huge load on questionable quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.

– Carson Palmer, Cardinals, threw for three touchdowns, including the victor on a 5-yard shovel pass to Larry Fitzgerald, and 349 yards in Arizona’s 26-20 overtime victory over Green Bay.

Now it’s on to another conference title game with a trip to yet another Super Bowl at stake. And all the receivers played great.

The Patriots plan was to pass, running it just 12 times. Jason Avant caught a 4-yard pass to put the ball at the 3, and a defensive pass interference penalty on Logan Ryan put the Chiefs back at the 1.

The Chiefs posted an undefeated preseason record, something they hadn’t done since 1966. Gronkowski appeared to fool Chiefs safety Eric Berry, who made a move toward the line of scrimmage but then saw Gronkowski race past him to get open for the score.

-LB Jerod Mayo left the second half of Saturday’s win over the Chiefs with a shoulder injury and did not return.