Patriots pull away from Titans to advance to AFC Championship

The Tennessee Titans are coming off a big road victory in Kansas City and advanced to Foxboro to take on the defending Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots. The Patriots are looking to repeat as Super Bowl champions and their sixth Super Bowl title. The Titans are hoping to pull off the upset. Who would come out on top in this Saturday night AFC Divisional Playoff matchup? Let's find out! The Patriots would start with the ball and would punt on their first possession of the game. The Titans wouldn't be able to capitalize and would punt the ball away. The Patriots would punt on their second possession and the Titans would start off the scoring on their next possession with an eleven play drive ending with Marcus Mariota going to Corey Davis for a 15 yard touchdown pass for a 7-0 Tennessee lead late in the first quarter. Early in the second quarter, the Patriots would finish off a seven play drive with Tom Brady going to James White for a five yard touchdown to tie the game at 7. The Titans would go three and out on their next possession. The Patriots would score on their second straight possession with a six play drive ending with White scoring from six yards out for a 14-0 New England lead. The Titans would get a first down on the first play of their drive but were unable to move the ball and would be forced to punt. The Patriots would go on a long 16 play drive ending with Tom Brady going to Chris Hogan for the four yard score and a 21-7 lead. The drive was extended when the Titans went offsides on fourth and 5 as the Patriots were lined up to punt. The Titans drive would end when the Patriots would stuff Derrick Henry for a five yard loss on fourth and 1. The Patriots would get in field goal range for Stephen Gostkowski but he would miss it from 53 yards out but the Patriots would lead 21-7 at halftime. The Titans would start the second half with a three and out and would punt the ball away. The Patriots would be forced to punt on their first drive of the second half. Tennessee would have their second straight three and out of the second half. The Patriots would go on a nine play drive that would end with a two yard touchdown run by Brandon Bolden for a 28-7 Patriots lead. The Titans would have their third straight three and out. Early in the fourth quarter, the Patriots would go on a 15 play drive that would end with Brady going to Rob Gronkowski for a four yard touchdown. Brady would break Joe Montana's record of most games with three touchdown passes. Gronkowski would tie five other players for third all-time in touchdowns. The Patriots would have a 35-7 lead with 10:22 remaining in the game. The Titans would be forced to punt on their next drive. The Patriots would be forced to punt despite getting a first down on their first play of the drive. The Titans would score on a 16 play drive ending with Mariota going to Davis for the second time of the game to make it 35-14 but the Patriots would advance to the AFC Championship game and will host with a 35-14 victory over Tennessee.