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AFC Championship Jacksonville Jaguars (AFC South - 12-6) at New England Patriots (AFC East - 14-3) Sunday, January 21, 2018 | 3:05 PM ET | Gillette Stadium | Clete Blakeman SERIES HISTORY (INCL. PLAYOFFS) LEADER: Patriots lead all-time series, 10-1 LAST GAME: 9/27/15: Jaguars 17 at Patriots 51 STREAKS: Patriots have won past 7 LAST GAME AT SITE: 9/27/15 PLAYOFF SERIES HISTORY LEADER: Patriots lead all-time series, 3-1 LAST PLAYOFF: 1/12/08: Jaguars 20 at Patriots 31 STREAKS: Patriots have won past 2 LAST PLAYOFF AT SITE: 1/12/08 JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS PLAYOFF RECORD 7-6 PLAYOFF RECORD 33-19 LAST WEEK W 45-42 at Pittsburgh LAST WEEK W 35-14 vs. Tennessee VS. COMMON OPP. 5-3 (Hou 2-0; LAC 1-0; NYJ 0-1; Pit 2-0; Ten 0-2) VS. COMMON OPP. 6-0 (Hou 1-0; LAC 1-0; NYJ 2-0; Pit 1-0; Ten 1-0) PTS. FOR/AGAINST 26.1/16.8 (2L) PTS. FOR/AGAINST 28.6 (T2L)/18.5 OFFENSE 365.9 OFFENSE 394.2 (1L) PASSING Blake Bortles: 315-523-3687-21-13-84.7 PASSING Tom Brady: 385-581-4577 (1L)-32 (3L)-8-102.8 (3L) RUSHING Leonard Fournette (R): 268-1040-3.9-9 RUSHING Dion Lewis: 180-896-5.0-6 RECEIVING Marqise Lee: 56-702-12.5-3 RECEIVING Rob Gronkowski (TE): 69-1084-15.7-8 DEFENSE 286.1 (2L) DEFENSE 366.0 SACKS Calais Campbell: 14.5 (T2L) SACKS Trey Flowers: 6.5 INTs A.J. Bouye: 6 (T3L) INTs Duron Harmon: 4 TAKE/GIVE +10 (33/23) TAKE/GIVE +6 (18/12) PR Jaydon Mickens (R): 10.3 PR Danny Amendola: 8.6 KR Corey Grant: 24.9 KR Dion Lewis: 24.8 PUNTING (NET) Brad Nortman: 44.1 (38.9) PUNTING (NET) Ryan Allen: 43.4 (40.5) KICKING Josh Lambo: 79 (22/24 PAT; 19/20 FG) KICKING Stephen Gostkowski: 156 (2L) (45/47 PAT; 37/40 FG) HEAD COACH: DOUG MARRONE HEAD COACH: BILL BELICHICK VS. OPP. 1-3 VS. OPP. 7-2 PLAYOFF RECORD 2-0 PLAYOFF RECORD 27-10 JAGUARS TEAM NOTES PATRIOTS TEAM NOTES • JAGUARS will play in 3rd AFC Champ. Game in franchise • PATRIOTS advance to AFC Champ. Game for 7th history & 1st since 1999. consecutive season, longest streak in NFL since 1970. • JACKSONVILLE led NFL with 7 defensive TDs (5 FR, • NEW ENGLAND led NFL in total offense (394.2 yards per 2 INT) & ranked 2nd in league with 55 sacks & 21 INTs in game) & ranked 1st in AFC in scoring (28.6 points per game). regular season. Had FR-TD last week. • BILL BELICHICK has 27 career playoff victories, most • DOUG MARRONE is 3rd coach in franchise history to lead by head coach in NFL history. team to playoffs (TOM COUGHLIN & JACK DEL RIO). • PATRIOTS had 4 players selected to 2018 Pro Bowl: • JAGUARS had 4 players selected to 2018 Pro Bowl: CB QB TOM BRADY (13th), FB JAMES DEVELIN (1st), A.J BOUYE (1st), DE CALAIS CAMPBELL (3rd), DT TE ROB GRONKOWSKI (5th) & ST MATTHEW MALIK JACKSON (1st) & CB JALEN RAMSEY (1st). SLATER (7th). ON THE AIRWAVES TV: CBS (3:05 PM ET): Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson (Field reporter), Jay Feely (Field reporter) WESTWOOD ONE: Kevin Kugler, Dan Fouts, Ed Werder | SIRIUS: 88 (WW1), 83 (Jax), 82 (NE) | XM: 88 (WW1), 83 (Jax), 82 (NE) AFC Championship Jacksonville Jaguars (AFC South - 12-6) at New England Patriots (AFC East - 14-3) JAGUARS NOTES PATRIOTS NOTES • QB BLAKE BORTLES had pass TD last week. In last • QB TOM BRADY is all-time postseason leader in career meeting, passed for 242 yards & 2 TDs. Passed for 3,687 att. (1,378), comp. (866), pass yards (9,431) & pass TDs yards & has 3,500+ pass yards in each of past 3 seasons. (66). Has 13 career 300+ pass yard games in playoffs, Has 14,928 pass yards since entering league in 2014, 4th most in NFL history. Is 26-9 (.743) as starter in postseason, most in NFL history by player in 1st 4 seasons. most wins by QB in league annals. Led NFL with 4,577 • RB LEONARD FOURNETTE rushed for 109 yards & 3 pass yards & ranked 1st in AFC with 32 TD passes, both TDs last week & is only rookie in NFL history with 100+ rush most by QB at age 40 or older. Is making 12th career AFC yards & 3+ rush TDs in postseason game. Led all rookies CG appearance. In last game vs. Jax., completed 33 of 42 with 9 rush TDs & ranked 2nd with 1,040 rush yards. Is 1 (78.6 pct.) for 358 yards with 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 118.1 of 2 rookies in franchise history (FRED TAYLOR) with yards. Aims for 3rd postseason meeting in row with 3 TDs, 1,000+ rush yards. RB T.J. YELDON had 77 scrimmage 0 INTs & 110+ rating. yards (57 rec., 20 rush) & rush TD last week. • RB DION LEWIS led team with career-high 896 rush • WR MARQISE LEE led team with 56 receptions. WR yards. Had 141 scrimmage yards (79 rec., 62 rush) in AFC KEELAN COLE ranked 4th among NFL rookies with Div. Has 507 scrimmage yards (126.8 per game) with 5 748 rec. yards. Had 17.8 rec. yard avg., highest among TDs (3 rush, 2 rec.) in past 4 (incl. playoffs). Had rush TD rookies (min. 25 catches). WR ALLEN HURNS had 59- in last meeting. RB JAMES WHITE has 179 scrimmage yard TD catch in last meeting. Rookie WR-PR JAYDON yards (89.5 per game) & 5 TDs (3 rush, 2 rec.) in past 2 MICKENS was 1 of 3 NFL players with 10+ yard PR avg. postseason games. Since 2015, has 15 TD catches (incl. (10.3) & PR-TD (1) in 2017 (min. 10 PR). playoffs), most among NFL RBs. • LB TELVIN SMITH tied career-high with 16 tackles & • TE ROB GRONKOWSKI led all NFL TEs with 1,084 rec. had FR-TD last week. Has 27 tackles, FF & FR in 2 career yards, his 4th career 1,000+ yard season, tied with TONY playoff games. Was 1 of 3 NFL LBs with 100+ tackles (102) GONZALEZ and JASON WITTEN for most among TEs & 3+ INTs (3). DE CALAIS CAMPBELL led AFC with in NFL history. In past 6 postseason games, has 512 rec. franchise-record & career-high 14.5 sacks. DE YANNICK yards (85.3 per game) & 7 TDs. Aims for 7th playoff game NGAKOUE was 1 of 2 NFL players (AARON DONALD) in row with TD catch. WR DANNY AMENDOLA has 190 with 10+ sacks (12) & 5+ FFs (6). LB MYLES JACK rec. yards (95 per game) & TD catch in past 2 playoff games. has sack, INT & 3 PD in his 1st 2 playoff games. CB A.J. • DE TREY FLOWERS had sack last week. Has 3.5 sacks in BOUYE has 2 INTs, FF & 7 PD in his past 4 postseason past 2 postseason games. LB JAMES HARRISON has 11 games. career sacks in postseason, tied for 5th most in NFL history. In the Divisional Playoffs, LEONARD FOURNETTE became POSTSEASON TDs, SINCE 2016 the youngest player (22 years, 361 days old) in the Super JAMES WHITE (NE) ............ ... 6 Bowl era with 100+ rushing yards (109) & 3+ TDs (3) in a Devonta Freeman (Atl) ............... 5 postseason game. 3 Tied ........................................4 MOST POSTSEASON TD CATCHES JAGUARS led the NFL with 7 defensive TDs & ranked 2nd in the AMONG TIGHT ENDS, NFL HISTORY league with 55 sacks & 21 INTs in the regular season. ROB GRONKOWSKI .................. 10 TELVIN SMITH scored a 50-yard FR-TD in the Divisional Playoffs. Dave Casper .................................. 7 Vernon Davis ..................................7 NFC Championship Minnesota Vikings (NFC North - 14-3) at Philadelphia Eagles (NFC East - 14-3) Sunday, January 21, 2018 | 6:40 PM ET | Lincoln Financial Field | Ed Hochuli SERIES HISTORY (INCL. PLAYOFFS) LEADER: Series tied, 13-13 LAST GAME: 10/23/16: Vikings 10 at Eagles 21 STREAKS: Vikings have won 2 of past 3 LAST GAME AT SITE: 10/23/16 PLAYOFF SERIES HISTORY LEADER: Eagles lead all-time series, 3-0 LAST PLAYOFF: 1/4/09: Eagles 26 at Vikings 14 STREAKS: Eagles have won all 3 LAST PLAYOFF AT SITE: 1/16/05: Eagles 27, Vikings 14 MINNESOTA VIKINGS PHILADELPHIA EAGLES PLAYOFF RECORD 20-28 PLAYOFF RECORD 20-21 LAST WEEK W 29-24 vs. New Orleans LAST WEEK W 15-10 vs. Atlanta VS. COMMON OPP. 5-1 (Atl 1-0; Car 0-1; Chi 2-0; LAR 1-0; Was 1-0) VS. COMMON OPP. 6-0 (Atl 1-0; Car 1-0; Chi 1-0; LAR 1-0; Was 2-0) PTS. FOR/AGAINST 23.9/15.8 (1L) PTS. FOR/AGAINST 28.6 (T2L)/18.4 OFFENSE 356.9 OFFENSE 365.8 PASSING Case Keenum: 325-481-3547-22-7-98.3 PASSING Nick Foles: 57-101-537-5-2-79.5 RUSHING Latavius Murray: 216-842-3.9-8 RUSHING LeGarrette Blount: 173-766-4.4-2 RECEIVING Adam Thielen: 91-1276-14.0-4 RECEIVING Zach Ertz (TE): 74-824-11.1-8 DEFENSE 275.9 (1L) DEFENSE 306.5 SACKS Everson Griffen: 13 SACKS Brandon Graham: 9.5 INTs Harrison Smith: 5 INTs Patrick Robinson: 4 TAKE/GIVE +5 (19/14) TAKE/GIVE +11 (31/20) PR Marcus Sherels: 9.5 PR Kenjon Barner: 8.9 KR Jerick McKinnon: 26.0 KR Kenjon Barner: 19.4 PUNTING (NET) Ryan Quigley: 42.2 (39.2) PUNTING (NET) Donnie Jones: 45.3 (40.6) KICKING Kai Forbath: 130 (34/39 PAT; 32/38 FG) KICKING Jake Elliott (R): 117 (39/42 PAT; 26/31 FG) HEAD COACH: MIKE ZIMMER HEAD COACH: DOUG PEDERSON VS.