Well all know the big storyline in this one. 

For the umpteenth time, it's glossary) measures how many points a team gains or loses compared to expectation on any given play. When adjusted for strength of schedule, the Patriots offense ranked third in NEP per play, ranking third in Passing NEP per play and 10th in Rushing NEP per play.

While it ended up happening kind of quietly (partially because of his weakest stretch of games coming late in the season, and partially because of numberFire Live has Denver as the slight favorites this week, with a 52% chance at making it to the Super Bowl. Betting oddsmakers have it the other way, and New England is three-point favorites according to betting odds. There have been some incredible games already in this year's playoffs, and we shouldn't expect anything less from this one.