Patriots’ Tom Brady hasn’t produced typical winning results in Denver

“It’s a big football game, and he’s played in a lot of them”, McDaniels said. His first career playoff loss and his most recent one were both in Denver, where he is 2-6 in his career.

The last time Tom Brady and the New England Patriots came to Denver, Peyton Manning watched the game on television from inside the locker room. In the best games, the improbabilities pile up, one after another: incompetent calls, unbelievable mistakes, plays that had every reason not to happen, but did.

Here’s the catch, though: The biggest matchup on Sunday won’t be Brady vs. Manning.

The Steelers (11-7) were ahead by one and in scoring range when Broncos cornerback Bradley Roby punched the ball out of Toussaint’s hand as he was going to the ground. Fans are excited about the match up, and eager to see two hall of fame quarterbacks go head to head, maybe for the last time. Good news for them is that wide receiver Julian Edelman is ready to play, though the team’s leading rusher, LeGarrette Blount, won’t be seeing any more action after suffering from hip injury.

Manning, middle America’s pitchman, is the biggest off-the-field earner in the National Football League, pulling in $12 million a year hawking Nationwide Insurance, Papa John’s pizza, and Gatorade. While there is no excuse for the fumble, the Steelers had a chance to win the game with their defense, and then with their offense.

Said Roethlisberger: “Obviously we’ll be dealing with a little bit of pain and some limited movement here for a little bit but supposedly will heal on its own”.

“It’s just a nice little rotation with everybody being fresh, trying to put pressure on them and run to the ball and make tackles”. I’m well aware that I made a mistake that has damaged my image.

“I got a lot of tweets saying we didn’t hold Amendola accountable, well he hasn’t had seven different transgressions against other players to the point where he’s been fined seven times and suspended for three games”, he said. Instead, Anderson was there to catch the 26-yard kick on the Denver 39-yard line and end the game a play later with a kneel down. We do this. They do that. They fell short too.

The Broncos (13-4) figure they’ll have to play better against the Patriots (13-4). After a heartbreaking loss to the AFC’s top seed, the embattled Pittsburgh Steelers are heading home after a tough 2015 campaign.

The Cowboys signed Williams as an undrafted free agent in 2010.

In the regular season, the Broncos also showed a proclivity for making late takeaways. The Broncos were awful on third down, converting three of 15 (20 percent), and the Steelers were even worse at two of 12 (17 percent). A defensive back who can tackle is rare and for the Steelers Gay is a player they need to resign so he can lead the secondary and bring guidance to the young players coming up.

So, they were down 31-0 at the half, and clawed back to within a touchdown, and finally ran out of miracles.

-SPECIAL TEAMS: A. Brandon McManus’ struggles were a thing of the past, as he drilled all five of his field-goal attempts through winds that gusted to over 30 miles per hour, including a 51-yarder that meandered through the gusts like a knuckleball before settling in the net behind the end zone.