Patriots, Falcons Advance to Super Bowl

SHOWDOWN

Updated Apr. 11, 2017 4:12PM EDT / Published Jan. 23, 2017 5:55AM EST

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The New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons will face-off at the Super Bowl after winning the AFC and NFC Championships on Sunday. Tom Brady—who helped carry the Patriots to a 36-17 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers—will now get a chance to become the first quarterback to ever win five Super Bowls. In the NFC title game, quarterback Matt Ryan and the Falcons defeated the Green Bay Packers handily, 44-21. “We have been in this position before, and it’s so very hard to get to this point—it just came out better this time,” a smiling Ryan told The New York Times. “It’s tough to string together enough wins to get to the Super Bowl, and there are a lot of things that have to go right.”

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Patriots, Falcons Advance to Super Bowl

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