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KANSAS CITY White Rex Burkhead Jerseys , Mo. — Patrick Mahomes struggled in the first half and dazzled in the second Sunday night.Nobody knows how he might have fared in overtime.The Chiefs‘ young All-Pro threw for 295 yards and three touchdowns against New England, almost all of it after the break, only to watch the extra session from the bench. The Patriots won the coin toss and never gave him a chance, scoring on the only possession they needed to escape with a 37-31 victory in the first AFC championship game ever played at Arrowhead Stadium.“I thought if we got the chance we’d score,” said Mahomes, who instead praised the Patriots’ Tom Brady for converting a trio of third-and-10s to give Rex Burkhead a chance to score the winning TD.“He had a great drive,” Mahomes said. “Big moments, guys made big catches for him.”Mahomes had plenty of big moments in his own right.After a dismal first half in which he was 4 of 8 for 65 yards and three sacks, Mahomes caught fire in the third quarter. He needed just four plays to find Travis Kelce for a touchdown that trimmed a 14-0 deficit in half, then kept slinging the ball in what became a back-and-forth fourth quarter.The Patriots scored two touchdowns. The Chiefs managed three.Mahomes was behind it all, shredding a Patriots defense that had played reasonably well down the stretch this season. He hit Damien Williams with a short TD flip to get within 17-14 early in the fourth quarter, then found his elusive running back again with a 23-yard completion that gave Kansas City its first lead at 21-17 with 7:45 remaining in the game.“They blitzed about every down, played man coverage, and they were able to get home a little bit on some of their games Rex Burkhead Jerseys 2019 ,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. “We made a few adjustments at halftime, should have done that earlier — that’s my responsibility. But I’m proud of the way the guys battled back.”But the Patriots kept battling, too.Brady led them the other way, and Sony Michel scored from 10 yards on fourth down, only for the Chiefs’ mop-haired QB to answer with a 38-yard pass to Sammy Watkins that set up Williams’ TD run.Back came the Patriots, who in their eighth consecutive conference championship game showed no sign of nerves. They caught a break when an interception was wiped out by an offside call, and Burkhead’s TD run with 39 seconds left appeared to have given New England a 31-28 victory.Then again, Mahomes long ago proved that 39 seconds can last an eternity.He immediately found running back Spencer Ware for 21 yards, the only meaningful play the backup running back made all game. Then, Mahomes hit Demarcus Robinson for 39 yards to the Patriots 21 with 16 seconds left, giving the Chiefs — without any timeouts — one shot at the end zone.Mahomes wound up throwing it away, and Harrison Butker‘s 39-yard field goal forced overtime.By that point the Patriots knew full well the best way to stop Mahomes was to keep him on the bench. So their confidence no doubt soared when they won the coin toss for overtime, and Brady took advantage of the opportunity by finding Julian Edelman and Rob Gronkowski on their march downfield.Mahomes could only look on as the Patriots ended his dream season.“They challenged us,” he said. “They came up and played man defense. Not a lot of teams did that this year. The first half we struggled White Adam Butler Jerseys , we couldn’t make much happen. The second half we were up to the challenge, we found ways to win one-on-one matchups.“We gave everything we had,” Mahomes said. “They ended up making more plays at the end.” PITTSBURGH (AP) — The words tumble out of Sean Davis‘ mouth casually when describing Rob Gronkowski, as if they come up regularly in conversation when the Pittsburgh Steelers safety and his teammates are discussing New England tight end Rob Gronkowski.Words like “beast” and “freak,” all spoken with a mixture of admiration, respect and frustration. There’s another word Davis might as well throw in when Pittsburgh sees Gronkowski’s familiar No. 87 on the other side of the line of scrimmage: unstoppable.Years change. So does Pittsburgh’s approach to slowing Gronkowski. His perpetual success against the Steelers does not. Gronkowski is averaging 110.7 yards per game in six regular-season meetings with the Steelers heading into Sunday’s visit to Heinz Field, including a nine-catch, 168-yard masterpiece in New England’s 27-24 victory last season.The last three receptions came on the game-winning drive late in the fourth quarter, one in which followed a familiar sequence.Patriots quarterback Tom Brady would take the snap, eschew all other options at his disposal and chuck it to Gronkowski. Several times the 6-foot-1 Davis found himself in the textbook position only to have the ball wind up in the hands of the 6-foot-7 Gronkowski .On the 2-point conversion attempt after Dion Lewis gave the Patriots the lead, Davis tried to jam Gronkowski at the line, whiffed and could only watch as Gronkowski hauled in a lob from Brady to boost the margin to three.“On some plays I was doing everything right, playing true to my leverage, playing tight coverage and he still made the catch Adam Butler Jerseys 2019 ,” Davis said. “That’s football man. That’s Gronk.”While Pittsburgh attempted to disguise what it was doing, it would frequently turn to Davis to match up with Gronkowski. The memory of Davis futilely draping himself over Gronkowski time and again remains fresh a year later.“That’s been lingering in the DB room, especially for me, trying to get my (swagger) back,” Davis said. “But it’s a little different this year. I’m going to be playing deep. I’m just going to make sure those deep shots Gronk got on me last year he’s not going to get them this year.”They can’t if Pittsburgh wants to take a massive step toward a fifth straight playoff berth. Defensive coordinator Keith Butler and coach Mike Tomlin have spent the week tinkering with personnel attempting to find success against Gronkowski, who has lost to the Steelers just once, a 25-17 defeat in 2011 in which he still managed to catch seven passes for 94 yards.Asked if he’d noticed any schemes over the years that have found a way to neutralize Gronkowski, Tomlin was typically blunt.“Yes, but we haven’t been a part of it,” he said. “We are looking to be.”The Steelers — and the rest of the league — may be getting a small assist from Father Time. The 29-year-old Gronkowski has just three touchdowns on 43 receptions in 10 games this season and is on pace to have his lowest catch and yardage total in a year in which he’s appeared in at least 11 games since he was a rookie in 2010, just before Gronk became Gronk.Not that Pittsburgh believes the numbers. The Steelers might have a point too. Gronkowski caught eight passes for 107 yards and a score in last week’s loss to Miami in one of his most productive performances of the season.Asked if Gronkowski has lost a step — a topic that popped up after Gronkowski was beaten badly in a foot race to the goal line by Dolphins running back Kenyan Drake on the final play in Miami, a play in which Gronkowski served as a deep safety — Pittsburgh defensive back Mike Hilton shrugged as if to say it doesn’t really matter.“If he did, he’s still one of, if not the best tight end in the game White Elandon Roberts Jerseys ,” Hilton said. “He might have lost a step, but he’s still a difficult cover for anybody so we’ve got to be prepared.”Particularly when Brady is the one doing the throwing.“When you’re playing freaks like (Gronk), you’ve got to be near 100 percent right on everything,” Davis said. “There is no margin of error playing guys like that, playing teams like that. Tom Brady throwing the ball, a guy who throws guys open when they’re playing tight coverage. So I just feel like if we’re all dedicating each play to be right then I feel like we’ve got a better chance.”NOTES: The Steelers brought in former kicker Shaun Suisham to help mentor struggling Chris Boswell. Pittsburgh worked out two kickers on Wednesday as potential replacements for Boswell, but appear to be sticking with the 2017 Pro Bowler. Suisham kicked for the Steelers from 2010-15 before a knee injury ended his career. … RB James Conner (ankle) did not practice for a second straight day, though offensive coordinator Randy Fichtner said Conner may not have to practice to play. … Davis (knee), QB Ben Roethlisberger (ribs) and LB Anthony Chickillo (ankle) were full participants Thursday.