NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
The
Patriots
opened the season with a loss
at Miami. Their first
win came the following week in Minnesota against a Vikings teams mired in
the controversy over Adrian Peterson. In Week 3, the Patriots won their home
opener over the Oakland Raiders when defensive tackle Vince Wilfork intercepted
a pass to secure a 16-9
victory.
Many
wrote off the Patriots after a 41-14 blowout loss at Kansas City. New England
followed up that loss with a 43-17
win over Cincinnati and kicked off a 7 game winning streak that included
wins over the Broncos
and Colts.
In
Week 13 at Green Bay, trailing
the Packers 26-21 quarterback Tom Brady was sacked resulting in a loss of 9
yards, The sack pushed the Patriots back from the Packers 20 yard line to the
29 yard line which was enough for kicker Stephen Gostkowski to miss a 47 yard
field goal.
The
following week the Patriots beat the Chargers 23-14 for their 10th win of the
season and their 12th consecutive 10 win season. In the Week 15 rematch at home
against the Dolphins, the Patriots put up 24 points in the third quarter to
secure their 6th consecutive AFC East title and their 12th in the
Brady-Belichick era.
After
a hard fought win over the Jets in Week 16 and the Bengals defeating the
Broncos on Monday Night, the Patriots clinched the AFC 1-seed.
In
the divisional round, the Patriots became the first team to come back from
14-points down to win a playoff game with a 35-31 win over the Ravens and set
up a rematch against the Colts.
AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME RECAP
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
As
the defending NFL champion, the Seahawks
opened the season at home in the NFL's kickoff game and defeated the Packers 36-16.
After a 10 day break, the Seahawks traveled down to San Diego and lost 30-21
to the Chargers.
Week 3
featured a rematch from Super
Bowl XLVIII. Seattle led 17-3 at the half, but the Broncos rallied to tie
the game and send it to overtime. In the overtime period, Seattle won the toss
and drove 80 yards in 13 plays. The last play of the drive was a Marshawn Lynch
6 yard touchdown run that gave Seattle the 26-20 win and a 2-1 record.
After
a Monday Night win at Washington, Seattle lost their next two games. A home loss to
the Cowboys and a loss
to the Rams in St. Louis behind their creative special teams as well as
some gutsy play calling.
Wins
over the Panthers,
Raiders,
and Giants
pushed the Seahawks record to 6-3. In Week 11, Chiefs running back Jamaal
Charles rushed for 159 yards and 2 touchdowns in their 24-20
victory over Seattle to drop Seattle's record to 6-4.
That
would be Seattle's most recent loss as the team would win their final six
regular season games. In their final six games, the Seahawks gave up a total of
39 points and averaged 202 yards against. In those six games the Seahawks beat
the Eagles in Philadelphia, eliminated
the 49ers from Super Bowl contention, dropped the Cardinals down
from the top of the NFC West to the Wild Card, and with a
win over the Rams in Week 17 clinched homefield throughout the NFC
playoffs.
The
divisional round was a rematch against the Panthers. Safety Kam Chancellor's
pick-six for 90 yards sealed the victory and sent the Seahawks to their second
consecutive NFC Championship game where they played the Packers.
NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME RECAP
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