Conference Kings Crowned: How the Patriots Stamped Their Ticket to Super Bowl LII
AFC Edition Photo: Winslow Townson, AP Conference championship Sunday is complete and the Super Bowl stage is now set for the final act of the 2017/18 NFL season. The action kicked off with the AFC title bout Sunday afternoon. The upstart Jacksonville Jaguars marched into Foxborough led by their brash and bruising defense and despite being underdogs and in enemy territory, they started out as the aggressor. Even Blake Bortles and the sometimes-stationary Jags offense was not intimidated as they lined up beneath the shadows of multiple Super Bowl banners and controlled the ball effectively in the first half. After falling behind by 3 in the first quarter the Jags rattled off two second quarter touchdowns to silence the Gillette Stadium faithful. The first TD came on a red zone pass from Bortles to the lifelong Jaguar tight-end Marcedes Lewis, the second came when stud rookie RB Leonard Fournette took a handoff halfway through the second quar...