The New England Patriots have done it again.
The Patriots came back from down 20-10 in the fourth quarter to beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 24-20 in Sunday’s AFC championship game. They have now reached the Super Bowl for the second straight year and third time in the last four seasons. In two weeks, they’ll be trying to win their sixth Super Bowl in franchise history.
The run of success the Patriots have enjoyed under the leadership of Tom Brady and Bill Belichick has been nothing short of incredible. Here are some amazing stats that will help put it in perspective.
Two wild stats about the Patriots:
The Patriots have now won their last four playoff games when trailing by 10 or more points.
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) January 21, 2018
The Patriots improve to 15-0 in playoff games against teams they did not face in the regular season since 2001 (12-9 against all others)
The Patriots did not face the Eagles or Vikings during the 2017 regular season
— NFL Research (@NFLResearch) January 21, 2018
One about Bill Belichick:
Patriots head coach Bill Belichick will now coach in his 11th Super Bowl out of 52 in total. That's 21.2% of them. Completely incredible.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) January 21, 2018
And to hammer home how much of a master Tom Brady is, take a look at these stats:
This is Tom Brady's 4th career playoff win as a starting QB after trailing by 10+ points in the 4th quarter.
No other quarterback in NFL postseason history has more than 1.
via @EliasSports pic.twitter.com/c9oqUIeVsS
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) January 21, 2018
Tom Brady is 4-0 against top 2 defenses in the playoffs.
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) January 21, 2018
Most Super Bowls appearances by a player:
8 Tom Brady
6 Mike Lodish^
5 (15 different players)^ Lodish was a backup defensive tackle who lost four Super Bowls with the Bills, then won two with the Broncos
— Michael David Smith (@MichaelDavSmith) January 21, 2018
Brady and the Patriots are so good you almost always expect them to win close games late even when they’re trailing. Their run of success is unreal. But they don’t take it for granted, as you could clearly see from Belichick’s emotional reaction.
