The Obstructed AFC Championship Preview: Pittsburgh Steelers @ New England Patriots

In the other division, the Patriots beat out the Texans 34-16 and the Steelers beat out the Chiefs in a close 18-16 game. Six field goals by kicker Chris Boswell allowed the Steelers to beat the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday night.

Tom Brady and Ben Roethlisberger both already have Super Bowl rings, and they’re going to face off next week for a chance to get another.

The Steelers offense is still equally as potent as it was in 2015, but due to a massive drop-off in QB play from Ben Roethlisberger, the Steelers offense is now more reliant on Le’Veon Bell and Antonio Brown than ever before. For the Steelers to steal the rematch, they need Roethlisberger to be a lot more efficient wire to wire than in his first two playoff games. Tom Brady’s team entered the Divisional round matchup as a almost unprecedented 16-point favorite, but the books got it right, as the Patriots beat the Texans 34-16.

New England has advanced to the AFC Championship Game for a record sixth year in a row and the 11th time in 16 seasons.

Only three games remain in the NFL season, so soak in all the remaining football.

Consider the collective bona fides: Among them, Brady, Roethlisberger and Rodgers can boast of 10 Super Bowl appearances and seven titles, four Super Bowl MVP awards and four regular-season MVP awards. As seems to be the case more often than not, the road to the Super Bowl runs through Foxborough, Massachusetts.

As it pertains to the Patriots, McAulay’s assignments for New England games have come sparsely. Could we have played better? The Steelers have two playoff wins under their belts, but it was not exactly a pretty one on Sunday. However, if you’re a Steeler fan, you can’t be but a little alarmed the Steelers had issues getting a touchdown in Kansas City. The Steelers have Bell, who rushed for 170 yards on Sunday, and Brown, who had 108 yards receiving.

The field of 32 teams that started the season with hopes of going to the Super Bowl.

While several analysts are at a loss when it comes to who they would compare Bell’s running style to, one former National Football League running back recently said on Twitter that he compares it to his own.

Now the Steelers are a very good team. They don’t call the teams and say, ‘Hey.’ That’s not the way it works. If my research is correct, Taylor rushed for 4,409 yards in his first 49 games of his career and that includes four playoff games.

He completed 25-of-36 passes for 334 yards and went without an interception for the fifth straight game while engineering drives that produced points on five of the team’s first six possessions at the Georgia Dome stadium. New England also plays defense and that’s a dirty word in this postseason. The Patriots defense was on another level this season, and letting Ryan go after the year would be a poor choice.

Dion Lewis had three touchdowns – one running, one on a pass reception and a 98-yard kickoff return – but fumbled another return and helped the Texans stay in the game.