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Who will the Patriots play in AFC Championship if they beat Texans?
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Whoever wins the Patriots-Texans game on Sunday will have their hands full in the AFC Championship game.
The top-seeded Broncos twice lost their lead, but bounced back to win anyway. Will Lutz hit a 23-yard-field goal to eliminate the Bills, 33-30, in overtime on Saturday at Empower Stadium at Mile High.
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They’ll host the winner of the Patriots and Texans in Denver on Sunday at 3 p.m. on CBS.
Like the Patriots , the Broncos started the season 1-2, but went 13-1 the rest of the way.
The Broncos and Patriots each finished 14-3 in the regular season, but Denver got the higher seed, the bye and now the home game (if New England wins) because they had a better record against common opponents, because they swept the Raiders, who beat New England in Week. 1.
If the Texans win, they’ll try to avenge their 18-15 loss to the Broncos from Nov. 2 in Houston .
Denver had the No. 2 scoring defense in the NFL, allowing 18.3 points per game.
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The Broncos will be without starting QB Bo Nix , who suffered a broken bone in his ankle late in Saturday’s win.
The Broncos were 10-7 a year ago and reached the playoffs as a wild card, but lost to the Bills in the Wild Card round. But they paid them back for that on Sunday.
The Patriots have never won a playoff game in Denver as Mile High Stadium proved to be kryptonite for the Tom Brady and Bill Belichick teams, who were 0-3 there. losing to Jake Plummer in 2006 and Peyton Manning twice (2014, 2016). The John Elways-led Broncos beat Tony Eason and the Patriots in 1987.
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