Red-Hot Chiefs Are Most Likely Opponent For Patriots In Divisional Playoff

Brady took a pounding Sunday and the Patriots lost to Miami 20-10 to fall to 12-4 – with all of their losses coming in the past six games.

New England Patriots superstar quarterback Tom Brady sprained his ankle after taking a hit from Ndamukong Suh against the Miami Dolphins in Week 17. The Patriots will play January 16 in an AFC Divisional game at 4:35 p.m. on CBS. “There’s nothing else in my life that’s a priority at this point other than, you know, getting to feel like I’m 100 percent”.

We’re going to have to play a great game of football whoever we play.

This has been a tough season for the New England Patriots, and it continued to be tough yesterday.

Brady only threw the ball 21 times, as he was just 12-for-21 passing for 134 with no touchdown passes and no interceptions.

“I didn’t see the replay, so I’m going to be anxious to see it”. Five. The Patriots made a conscious effort to have Tom Brady, the greatest quarterback of all-time, drop back 5 times.

Miami missed a chance to go up 6-0 early in the second quarter when kicker Andrew Franks’ 46 yard attempt missed wide right. “Hopefully we’ve learned some lessons over the past couple of weeks, and we can play more Patriot-like football”, said Brady. But coach Bill Belichick has plenty of experience dealing with a week off at the beginning of the postseason, something the No. 2 seed Patriots secured in a record six straight years.

It’s not a stretch to call the New England Patriots season finale against the Miami Dolphins the most disappointing effort of the season. Without current left tackle Sebastian Vollmer, Brady was under duress and took a beating.

After the game, Brady limped off the stage following his postgame press conference. That’s troubling, because this is the time of year when really good teams – the ones that win the Super Bowl rings – are cresting. In the week after that game Belichick was asked if he was considering a quarterback change.

The result was New England giving up the top seed by virtue of Denver’s late afternoon victory.

Dropping to the second seed means the Pats will face either Kansas City, Cincinnati or Houston, and will avoid Pittsburgh unless hosting them in the AFC Championship.

Brady huddles during the first quarter with Patriots running back Brandon Bolden.

The current power structure in Miami includes owner Stephen Ross, executive vice president Mike Tannenbaum and newly-named general manager Chris Grier, son of former Patriots vice president of player personnel Bobby Grier.

But that was it for the Patriots offense, and Dolphins linebacker Kelvin Sheppard said the hard hits on Brady had a “tremendous” effect on New England.