The Patriots' defense forced a punt and the game went to overtime. Brady completed the game-tying 2-point conversion pass to Amendola. After another incompletion, Brady then completed five consecutive passes, including a circus tipped pass catch by Julian Edelman, to set up White's 1-yard touchdown run with 57 seconds to play. After two incompletions, Brady connected with Chris Hogan for 16 yards and a first down. Matt Bosher's punt pinned the Patriots back on their 9-yard line with 3:40 remaining. Ryan's 27-yard pass to Jones put the ball at the Patriots' 22 with 4:40 to play, but a second-down 12-yard sack by Trey Flowers and third-down holding penalty helped push Atlanta out of field goal range. White's run up the middle for the 2-point conversion cut the deficit to 28-20 with 5:56 left. Five plays later Amendola caught a 6-yard touchdown pass. Alan Branch recovered the ball at the Falcons' 25. Three plays later, on third-and-1, Dont'a Hightower sacked Ryan and forced him to fumble. But a pair of sacks in the red zone by Grady Jarrett forced New England to settle for a field goal with 9:44 to play, trailing 28-12. The Patriots' defense forced a three-and-out, and Brady completed 6 passes on the next drive. Gostkowski missed the extra point, leaving Atlanta's lead at 28-9. The Patriots answered with a 12-play drive that consumed more than six minutes, that was kept alive by Brady's 17-yard pass to Danny Amendola on fourth-and-3, and capped by White's 5-yard touchdown catch with 2:06 left in the quarter. After an exchange of punts to begin the second half, Matt Ryan connected on passes of 17 and 35 yards to Taylor Gabriel to highlight a 9-play, 85-yard drive that finished with Ryan's 6-yard touchdown pass to Tevin Coleman for a 28-3 lead with 8:31 left in the third quarter. A 28-yard catch by White on the next drive helped set up Stephen Gostkowski's 41-yard field goal just before halftime. However, faced with third-and-6 from the Falcons' 23, Brady's short pass to the left side was intercepted by Robert Alford, who raced 82 yards for a touchdown and 21-0 lead. The Patriots responded with a 6-plus minute drive that included 3 third-down conversions. The Falcons strung together consecutive 5-play touchdown drives early in the second quarter, the first started with consecutive catches by Julio Jones to set up Devonta Freeman's 5-yard run, and the latter a 19-yard touchdown pass to Austin Hooper on third-and-9, to take a 14-0 lead. New England maintained possession for 40:31 compared to 23:27 for the Falcons, and the Patriots ran more than twice as many plays (93-46). Keep an eye on the odds below as teams continue to jockey for position ahead of Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas.Tom Brady passed for 466 yards and 2 touchdowns, and James White scored 3 times, as the Patriots rallied from 25 points down in the third quarter to register the largest comeback in Super Bowl history and win their fifth title. Kansas City's struggles have opened the door for the Miami Dolphins, who have raced out to a 10-4 record, and the Baltimore Ravens, who lead the AFC in point differential thanks to their physically-imposing D. have lost two of their last three games, including a head-scratching defeat to Green Bay in which the Packers scored touchdowns on three of their first four drives. The Kansas City Chiefs began the season with the shortest Super Bowl odds, but it's been far from a smooth ride for the defending champs. The 2024 NFL postseason kicks off on Saturday, January 13 with a pair of Wild-Card matchups and ends on Sunday, February 11 with the Super Bowl in Las Vegas. AFC Championship Game and NFC Championship Game
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