all right, new england also gearing up for a sunday showdown against the broncos. td12 and the pats ready for a rematch with a score to settle in denver. so the team making final play-off preparations before flying out of town. >> we have team coverage as they get ready to take the field in denver. but first one player being called an unsung hero off the field opening up about a risky rescue before last weekend's divisional match-up. darius flemming says he was on his way home when he saw a car that was smoking with a woman trapped inside. >> and so that's when he says he just went into action. 7's byron barnett live in

dramatic save. byron. >> yeah, this is getting to be a regular thing with the patriots. last year it was vince wilfork right after the afc championship game and now it's darius flemming doing the same thing essentially and he's being called a hero. >> watch out. darius flemming falls down there. >> reporter: patriots linebacker darius fleming in saturday's play-off game against the chiefs. just two days after getting 22 stitches in his leg during an act of haimple. >> the doors were jammed and i couldn't open, i was pulling pretty hard. >> reporter: flemming says he saved a woman from a smoke-filled car on route 1 and walpole on his way home from practice at gillette and says the woman had just been involved in a three-car crash. >> i saw her panicked and i said i'm going to kick the window and eventually it broke and i pulled

leg was bleeding pretty bad. >> reporter: in chicago, flemming's high school posted his plaque and praised his heroics. i want to say i probably scratched it on the way out. i don't even know who the lady is honestly. once i got her out of the car, she said thank you, i said you're welcome, and i got out there. >> reporter: flemming's teammates were so impressed they made him give a speech. >> we got great guys around here, no matter the time, play-offs, regular season, always out in the community trying to save people. >> i don't think i'm really deserving of much. i thought anybody would do the same thing, just trying to do the right thing and that's what i did. >> and flemming says his leg injury did not affect his play against the chiefs. that's the story live at gillette stadium, i'm byron barnett, 7news. good to hear, thank you byron. 7's jonathan hall continues our coverage now with what police are saying about the crash.

walpole. >> well, we've got new information from this police report from the walpole police department and a newton woman who was driving an acura 2001 model is very thankful for this pate the rots player's quick action. the walpole police chief says his people just spoke with her again after the story broke late this afternoon. now identified as darius flemming, he warned her to back off, to get away from the glass because he was ready to break it and free her from a dangerous situation. , then he pulled her out. the police confirm a three-car rearend collision on route 1 and the woman's car was last in line

>> a lot of times you may believe that that could be smoke, it could be mistaken for smoke, that, you know, the interior of the car fills up. >> reporter: state police tell us they did not respond to an accident thursday as did foxboro and walpole police at least initially. there was talk at first whether the incident really happened and darius flemming tweeted, quote, people are quick to try to bring you down. so sad. >> do you think it's wise for a player to risk his health this way before a play-off game? yeah, i wish we would have stuck around so he could be standing here instead of me. >> well, the chief says now the driver was hurt and of course those stitches. the woman has been charged with driving a suspended license, failing to stop. she did try to go online to identify flemming in the patriots roster on the web site but was unable to do that. she just wants to thank him.

jonathan hall, 7news. >> they got a great team. offensively we just can't play well and expect to win. we're gonna need the entire team to play well. >> there is t b-12 up for the challenge. the pats quarterback talking broncos and peyton manning. its familiar territory for brady and he knows a win this sunday won't come easily. sports director joe amorosino live in our newsroom with more. >> for tom brady and the patriots it's never easy against brady's 16-year career. the broncos are the only team he has a losing record against. he is 6 and 8 including two play-off losses in denver. the three-time super bowl mvp has been anything but super when it comes to play-off games in the mile high city. brady is 0 and 2 as the postseason starts in denver completing under 60% of his passes, posting an uncharacteristic 82.4 rating. trey daerr is reporting live in fox bureau on more on the

won't be easy reversing that trend come sunday, trey. >> joe, there is no question the main headline leading up to today's afc championship game which could go down as the final chapter in the tom brady and peyton manning rivalry. obviously a ton of respect on each side for what is clearly the best quarterbacks of their nation. but this game will be just another meeting between the two. >> i think playing 17 times is pretty cool. >> tremendous battles with him through the years. there's no player off our team that i have any more respect for than peyton manning. >> reporter: for all the talk about brady panning meeting for the final time, there's still challenges. >> no matter what's in the game plan or what's not, he's able to check the different things that he's seen throughout his time. >> manning, as usual, he can do a whole lot of audibles and change plays along the scrimmage and like that.

version of peyton manning, be sunday may be more about the game of him on the field than his actions off it. >> we gotta be ready for denver. that's their coaching staff, their players, they're great players and whatever it is they decide to do. prepare for. >> reporter: with the nfl's top defense backing him up, manning might not even have to be the best quarterback in the building to win sound. >> they have so many dynamic players interpreting the ball, strip the ball from the quarterback, they got rushers, linebackers you can cover, big physical defensive front that makes it tough to run the ball. the best to beat. >> and a lot of talk about who the patriots didn't have in their overtime loss against denver and it is a huge list of pro bowl players. what about denver, mark us wear did not play in that first

the best pass rusher on the broncos unit. trey daerr, 7news. coming up in 7sports, bill belichick tells us why he will never ever underestimate peyton manning, even two months shy of manning's 40th birthday. joe amorosino, 7news. fighting words from the denver broncos and a crying shame for tom brady now being mocked on the cover of two newspapers after the broncos player calls the pats' qb a crybaby. dan hausle is live at gillette with what brady and coach belichick had to say about the pregame putdown. >> the patriots responding to this trash-talking coming out of denver but this time the broncos aren't the only ones giving bulletin board material. >> reporter: the broncos say tom brady's a whiner, a crybaby and the patriot out of town press is happy to pile on. >> i don't think he's a crybaby. >> reporter: the broncos

down he was quick to grab the rev and ask for a penalty. >> if the revs want to throw the flags on defenders, absolutely, i love it. advance our team, that's just part of football. >> reporter: gronkowski made his own contribution to the pregame trash talking with an off-color tweet that questions the way denver tackles him. >> did belichick saying say anything about that yet? i can't believe you did that, man. >> reporter: not surprising he had little to say about the team's bulletin board material. >> we're focused on the denver broncos and the game. so all the rest is a bunch of hot air. >> reporter: the players also generally brush off trash talking but sometimes admitted it can provide motivation. >> motivated by anything that they say about them you but i think every quarterback is -- if they getting hit late they're gonna be whining too, that's not whining. that's protecting yourself. so he's not a whiner, he's a

>> and nfl wondering if belichick might give gronk a little bit of talking to before the next team meeting, probably tomorrow. live in foxboro, dan hausle, 7news. all right, dan, thank you. remember, 7news is your home for continuing coverage of the pats in the play-offs. 7's joe amorosino and trey daerr will be live in denver this weekend for the big game, and the coverage starts tomorrow right here on 7news. other news we're following here at 6:00, a young boy in rhode island being honored today for his brave fight against cancer. lawmakers officially making january 20th d strong day. 8-year-old dorian murry's message made him a worldwide sensation on social media. patriots tightened rob gronkowski visited dorian last week and here's the pictures to prove it. he and his family got to go to the pats play-off game on saturday, courtesy of the patriots. >> just ahead on 7news at 6:00, some bomb scarce at massachusetts schools. for the third day in less than a week students evacuated as investigators continue to search

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clear in boston, 29 right now. norwood 30 degrees. worcester 24. still some wind out there at this time, had the wind all day long. windchills down into the teens around 20. they will hang out there this evening. the wind will fade away and the temps themselves will finish in the upper teens to around 20. next two days are quiet. mostly sunny skies tomorrow. mix of clouds and sunshine on friday. still a bit of a cold breeze tomorrow. lower 30s. friday also in the lower 30s. the storm, the thought process are hasn't changed all that much. i still think we are right on the northern edge of what will become a huge powerhouse storm in the middle atlantic states but when you have the powerhouse storm and you find yourself on the edge of the storm, living on the edge, it's an all or nothing in terms of the snow. you go from a couple of flurries quickly into like 2, 3 inches of snow. and i think that's what the hal we have here in southern new england, is figuring out where that northern edge will set up. clouds and snowshowers in the mid atlantic this evening.

this moves across the deep south and really intensifies as it moves into carolina during the day on friday. if you have travel plans, business or leisure down through the middle atlantic friday, saturday, not a good idea. they already have blizzard watches in affect and i think with great confidence this is where we think the heaviest snow will line up, south of new england for a change, unlike last winter. do you move into southern new england and i think there is a slight risk of heavier snow along the coast south -- south coast and back out west towards connecticut and rhode island. metro boston saturday evening, saturday night, a coating to an inch, maybe a little more on the southshore and north of the pike, north of town, clouds and some flurries. that would be about it. we'll also watch the wind because even though the storm is well to the south, it will generate a lot of wind out of the northeast between 30 and 45 miles per hour. and we have two astronomical high tides of concern, saturday 11:00 p.m., sunday 11:00 a.m. so there might be pockets of minor coastal flooding on the

portions of cape cod bay at the 11:00 a.m. sunday morning high tide. but again i'm thinking right now this is not a powerhouse storm for southern new england. nuisance snow on the way for saturday evening into sunday morning. everies this weekend, upper 20s. after days off from the practice field it's back to the grind for the patriots as they dig in deep in preparation for the toughest challenge of the season. the afc championship game in denver where the stingiest defense in all of football and peyton manning are waiting for. bill belichick choosing to take it easy on his team today, holding a walk-through inside the team's practice bubble. a curious decision given sunday's game will be played outdoors with the game time temperatures expected to be in the high 40s. 7's alex corddry has more from foxboro sound's highly anticipated showdown between two of is the greatest quarterbacks in nfl history. >> there's no player off our

respect for than peyton manning. his preparation, his consistency, his skills, i would never, ever, ever underestimate him under any circumstances. >> it's coming from bill belichick as he prepares to play the best quarterback he's ever coached against, peyton manning. >> he's a great player. >> reporter: no one seems to appreciate the rivalry more than belichick but at the end of the day, the only thing his team focus is on is trying to get a win. >> being on the defensive side, you know, is our goal to try to make sure tom looks better at the end of the game. >> reporter: devin mcchordy says the pats aren't taking manning lightly even though he hasn't seen himself this season. >> an opportunity try to advance that the super bowl, you know, you can't ask for a better challenge in going against two of the greats and, you know, if you deserve to be there, you gotta go out there and prove it sound. >> and mile highs where the

heir ultimate goal but brady knows it be easy. 0 and 2 in denver. i know we have a lot of feelings when you come in and out of stay stadium and had some pretty tough loss there is over the years because they've had really good teams. >> brady's 22 and 8 in the play-offs over his career. he hopes it's his time to shine once again telling us today he's gotta have the best game of the season on sunday. in foxboro, alex corddry, 7sports. >> out in denver, peyton manning getting ready for what could be his last rodeo. quarterback chris harris junior also out there on the practice field today, dealing with a shoulder injury. this is the broncos get ready to battle a team that's been so successful, manning can't help but marvel at them. >> they're there for a reason. they're an excellent football team. they're playing in their 10th afc championship, you know, for a reason. they've had excellentton

to tom brady. there's a reason their head coach and quarterback have been there for as long as they have, because they've both been outstanding at their respective jobs. >> and the celtics wrap up a three-game road trip tonight north of the border taking on the atlantic division leading raptors. that's sports, 7news continues

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