Whichever team takes home the AFC crown will also put themselves on top of the leaderboard for most conference championships ever with the Steelers, Patriots and Broncos all tied with eight titles apiece.

Both the Patriots and Steelers struggled to get through their divisional round games this past weekend, with New England playing sluggish and turnover prone football for three quarters against Houston before finally putting together a strong fourth to finish off the Texans 34-16, and Pittsburgh kicking their way to a 18-16 victory against the Chiefs thanks to six Chris Boswell field goals and Kansas City head coach Andy Reid’s patented postseason disastrous clock management skills destroying his team’s chances of success yet again.

Success breeds contempt, and with a 1-5 record against Tom Brady in his last six games versus the Patriots quarterback, it’s easy to understand why Tomlin holds so much animosity toward his opponent this week. Brady dominated the Steelers not only over those past six games, throwing for 19 touchdowns and zero interceptions in that time frame, but has also found similar success throughout his career, going 7-2 overall with a 24/3 TD-INT ratio and a QB rating of 114.2 that is the highest of his career against any one particular team.

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