The Patriots are headed to the Super Bowl thanks to a combination of luck, talent and coaching, and during Sunday’s AFC championship win over the Broncos it was the latter of those three that may have helped New England clinch the game.
A new video shared by NFL analyst Nate Tice points out how the Broncos’ late substitution in the fourth quarter had a ripple effect leading up to quarterback Jarrett Stidham’s brutal game-sealing interception. After the Broncos decided to make their sub, the Patriots had more time to reorganize their defense. As the ref sat on the football and let the teams regroup, Mike Vrabel ran the team’s biggest defensive linemen to create havoc in the trenches.
