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Don’t plan the New England Patriots funeral just yet. Bill Belichick and Tom Brady are headed to an eighth straight AFC Championship game. Brady and the Pats throttled the Los Angeles Chargers, 41-28, and this one was over by halftime as the Patriots roared to a 35-7 lead at the half. Brady torched the Chargers, going 33/43 for 343 yards and 1 touchdown. New England did what they wanted on offense, scoring touchdowns on five of their first six drives. Sony Michel starred in the running game with 129 yards, 3 TD’s. Philip Rivers falls to 5-6 in his playoff career. —KC opens up as a 3-point favorite for the AFC title game—

C.J. Anderson couldn’t find work for months, never got a call from the Steelers, and is another example of why you don’t bring out the brink trucks for running backs. Anderson with now three 100 yard rushing games in three games with the Rams, totaled 127 yards and 2 touchdowns in the Rams 30-22 win over the Cowboys. Los Angeles physically punished the Cowboys at the line of scrimmage, en route to the NFC title game.

The AFC Goes through Arrowhead. The Kansas City Chiefs held serve at home with a 31-13 win over the Colts, advancing to the AFC title game. The surprise in this one was how small the Colts offense came up in a dud performance. Andrew Luck had no vertical game through the air, going 19/36 for 203 yards. T.Y. Hilton was a non-factor as the Chiefs were swarming on defense, producing 3 sacks, 1 turnover and allowing just 7 points.

Jon Gruden Already Growing Frustrated with Martavis Bryant This past April Steelers officials were in shock when the Oakland Raiders presented Pittsburgh with a trade offer for Martavis Bryant that included a third-round. Those close to the situation say Kevin Colbert didn’t even need to discuss the offer with his staff and mull the pros and cons. Despite a Super Bowl or bust mentality, Pittsburgh had no hesitation in jumping at the offer and for good reason — Bryant could never be trusted –. Just a couple weeks into Raiders training camp, there’s talk that Bryant might not make it out of camp with the Raiders and Jon Gruden’s comments this week will only add more fuel to the fire. The Martavis Bryant ‘act’ of mysteriously missing practices due to a made-up illness and a lack of attention to detail has followed Bryant to Oakland. RAIDERS COACH JON GRUDEN ONRead More »