Patriots weather the storm and move on to the AFC Championship

Key Highlights

• Maye also threw an interception. The second-year QB did toss three touchdown passes—helping the offense get the points they needed against Houston.
• The Patriots defense stepped up big time—picking off CJ Stroud four times, returning one for a touchdown. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementHead Coach Mike Vrabel is proud of his team but knows the work is not done yet.“We’ve asked them to embrace the preparation, embrace the strain, and also enjoy every minute of this,” said Vrabel.
• “Enjoy walking in this stadium, coming in here, enjoy putting your uniform on, enjoy going out there in warmups, enjoy seeing your family, but most especially enjoy know the execution.
• So we’ll keep doing that.
• And we know we got to go on the road to number one seed in the AFC, and it’s not going to be easy, but we’ll come out and be ready to go.”Two things fans should be excited about: the Patriots are undefeated on the road this season, and they are also facing off against Denver’s backup QB and former Patriots quarterback Jarrett Stidham.