Sunday was our second-to-last day of NFL football for the season, and oh what a day it was. The conference championships produced two worthy combatants for Super Bowl LX in two weeks, and each team will arrive in San Francisco by way of two very different wins.
First, the Patriots outlasted the Broncos in a game that devolved into a snow brawl by the end of the fourth quarter. Denver backup quarterback Jarrett Stidham led the Broncos to an early 7–0 lead in the first quarter, but he would be shut down from there on out by New England's defense.
The Patriots' offense didn't fare much better than the Broncos, with their only touchdown coming after Denver turned the ball over deep in their own territory. But as it had done against the Chargers and Texans this postseason, New England did enough to escape with a win even without a perfect performance.
The Broncos had a chance to tie the game with a field goal attempt with less than five minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. By that point, the conditions in Denver had moved past inclement to "find shelter and provisions" territory, and Patriots defensive tackle Leonard Taylor III blocked Wil Lutz's 45-yard attempt. Earlier in the game, coach Sean Payton had elected to go for it on fourth down in the red zone. The Broncos failed to convert, and those three points they passed up on would linger over the rest of the game until the score went final: Patriots 10, Broncos 7.
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