Tom Brady on clinching AFC East: ‘A great achievement for our team’

Now, following Sunday night’s efficient 27-6 win over the Texans (6-7) in Houston, the Patriots (11-2) are back in the driver’s seat toward the No. 1 seed. Gronkowski, a three time Pro Bowler and Super Bowl XLIX champion, coached approximately 100 military children during the two-day camp.

Brian Hoyer is sacked for a loss by New England Patriots defensive end Akiem Hicks and defensive end Rob Ninkovich.

New England has captured 12 of the last 13 division crowns, with the exception of 2008 when quarterback Tom Brady sustained ACL and MCL tears in the season opener. Another relentless Patriots march through January in frigid Foxborough, another realization that the best team in the AFC is the same as it ever was.

On the first snap of the Patriots’ second possession, Gronkowski corralled a 45-yard pass from Brady, taking advantage of fallen Texans linebacker Whitney Mercilus to provide New England a first down inside the Texans’ 10-yard line. Brady was sacked three times and the offensive line continued to have various struggles. The star quarterback added, “He really toughed it out, so I’m proud of him”.

Gronkowski had four catches for 87 yards and a touchdown in the win against the Texans. “Football is always trust and anticipation and there’s nobody that I trust more than Gronk”.

It seems as though the New England Patriots cant go more than a week before suffering an injury to key starters. Days following the injury, Gronkowski was believed to be out for a couple of months or even possibly the entire National Football League season. “His presence is going to be felt anytime he steps on the field”. He added, “Any other questions, you have to talk to Coach Belichick”.

Houston has a pivotal match-up with Indianapolis looming next week, and if they are able to go out and hand New England a loss, and a historic one at that, they will be riding high on momentum heading into that divisional showdown.

When the Houston Texans take the field Sunday night to take on the New England Patriots, they will have a chance to accomplish something historic. The DeMarco Murray squad embarrassed Keshawn Martin squad with a final score of 35-28.

The Tennessee Titans (3-10) are coming from a 30-8 loss to the New York Jets. The Patriots finished with six sacks on the night and held Houston to just 189 net yards and seven first downs in the dominating performance.

Let’s take a closer look at some of the key players and stats from this game so we can figure out why things happened the way they did.

The Patriots took a 7-0 lead when former Texan Martin got away from rookie Kevin Johnson and was wide open in the end zone for a two-yard touchdown. Whether it be blocked punts, or receivers muffing punts, teams have been capitalizing on the mistakes made by the Patriots’ special teams; this is something they must fix moving forward.