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Per Pro Football Reference, home playoff underdogs of four or more points are 10-0 vs. the spread over the last 50 years. The Patriots aren’t playing against history, obviously, but I do think the Broncos’ defense can keep it close. And Stidham will be rusty, obviously, but he can’t be worse than C.J. Stroud was last week.
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The AFC Championship Game pits the Denver Broncos and New England Patriots, with the winner advancing to Super Bowl 60 to face the NFC champion, either the Los Angeles Rams or Seattle Seahawks. The most-watched event annually in the United States will take place in Santa Clara,