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The reigning AFC champion New England Patriots have the talent, experience and depth to get back to the Super Bowl in February. Many football pundits agree the Patriots -- led by quarterback Tom Brady and coach Bill Belichick -- are one of the safest...

Baltimore Ravens In a recent radio interview with 790 The Zone in Atlanta, running back Ray Rice said teammate Joe Flacco outdueled Tom Brady in last season's AFC Championship Game. "It was [Flacco's] show. It was his show on offense and as much c...

Belichick and Brady will make history together if the Pats beat the Ravens.

Home teams are an astounding 7-1 in the NFL playoffs. Is this great news for the New England Patriots? The Patriots, winners of nine straight, will host the Baltimore Ravens Sunday in the AFC Championship Game. This year is proving to be extremely...

Rivers McCown of Football Outsiders looks at the AFC Championship Game and whether the Baltimore Ravens can stop the New England Patriots' offense.

Story | Conversation | January 15, 2012

Coach Rex Ryan and the New York Jets have been to back-to-back AFC Championship Games. But according to ESPN.com's Playoffs Predictor, the Jets will be on the outside looking in after the regular season. The Jets lost a huge game this past Sunday ...

Both the Eagles and Steelers are struggling after beginning the season with high expectations, writes Adam Schefter.

KC Joyner writes that Pittsburgh Steelers fans need to calm down. After their key players heal up, they have an easy second-half schedule, meaning that they will be in the thick of things come playoff time once again.

Story | Conversation | October 05, 2011

The heated rivalry continues between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens -- even during the NFL lockout. This latest chapter involved some interesting comments made this week by Steelers outside linebacker LaMarr Woodley, who told the NFL...

The love fest between New York Jets corner and pending free agent Antonio Cromartie and Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger continues. On the heels of Roethlisberger being ranked No. 41 by a survey of more than 400 NFL players, Crom...

The Steelers will be without rookie Pro Bowl center Maurkice Pouncey in the Super Bowl after he didn't practice Friday and was ruled out with a high ankle sprain.

Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey was getting treatment for his sprained left ankle while his teammates practiced Thursday for the Super Bowl.

LaDainian Tomlinson said he's still heartbroken by the New York Jets' loss in the AFC Championship Game, but he has no intention of ending his legendary career on that note -- and he expects to be back with the Jets in 2011.

In January 2006, the Pittsburgh Steelers visited the Denver Broncos in the AFC Championship Game. The Broncos were playing to reach their seventh Super Bowl. Pittsburgh was playing to qualify for its sixth Super Bowl. The direction of both fran...

If it looked like the Pittsburgh Steelers knew what plays the New York Jets were going to run at the goal line in the AFC Championship Game, it's because they did.

Cornerback Bryant McFadden, safety Troy Polamalu and wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders returned to practice Friday for the first time since the Steelers' AFC championship victory.