new england patriots won the afc championship game in the 2017 nfl season.
new england patriots won the afc championship game in the 2017 nfl season.
who won the afc championship game in the 2017 nfl season?
new england patriots
after a 29–7 blowout win in week 1 of the 2017 nfl season against the houston texans, with a 10-sack performance, including a 4-sack game for newly acquired free agent calais campbell, the jaguars fanbase collectively started a trend called sacksonville. the team ended up winning 9 more games, and winning the franchise’s first afc south title, making the postseason for the first time since 2007. they won the afc wild card game against the buffalo bills 10-3. in the afc divisional round they narrowly defeated the pittsburgh steelers 45–42. it was the second time pittsburgh lost at home twice against the same team; coincidentally, the first time was against jacksonville back in 2007. jacksonville then went to its first afc championship game since 1999, where they lost 24–20 against the new england patriots, ending their season. following the season, cornerbacks jalen ramsey and a. j. bouye, defensive end calais campbell, defensive tackle malik jackson, and linebacker telvin smith earned pro bowl honors. ramsey and campbell earned first-team all-pro honors, while smith and bouye earned second-team honors. following campbell pulling out of the pro bowl, teammate yannick ngakoue was voted in as an alternate.
sacksonville
in 1990, the bills won the afc east division again, beating the miami dolphins in the divisional round of the 1990–91 nfl playoffs, destroying the los angeles raiders 51 to 3 in the afc championship game, but barely losing to the bill parcells-led new york giants in super bowl xxv 20 to 19. in 1991, the bills won the afc east division again, beating the kansas city chiefs in the divisional round of the 1991–92 nfl playoffs, the denver broncos in the afc championship game but losing to the joe gibbs-led washington redskins in super bowl xxvi. one more year of joy and frustration occurred in 1992, when the bills won the afc east division title again, beating the houston oilers in a wild-card game of the 1992–93 nfl playoffs, the pittsburgh steelers in the divisional round, the miami dolphins in the afc championship game, but losing to the jimmie johnson-led dallas cowboys in super bowl xxvii. more joys and frustrations occurred in 1993, when the bills won the afc east division title again, beating the los angeles raiders in the divisional round of the 1993–94 nfl playoffs, the kansas city chiefs in the afc championship game (rushing for 229 yards, 186 by thomas), but losing to the johnson-led dallas cowboys in super bowl xxviii.
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