if the chiefs rush for 135 yards by taking advantage when dante hightower was force out of the game because of injury. hightower's impact on the run defense is obvious. >>> that's the one thing i take pride in is being aggressive run stopper and that's what i do. that's what i take ride in so it means a lot to me. >>> hightower missing just a game. he did finish the game unlike fellow linebacker jamie collins who left with a back injury. both players are listed as questionable going into sun's af afc championship gail. live in foxboro, alex corddry, 7 news. >> anchor: so brady and the clash . >> anchor: of course the team is going to have to adjust to trey daerr continuing our coverage. >>> pretty sunny here getting close to 60 degrees today. going to be about mid 40's for the game. speaking of the game itself you almost really never hear any bulletin board type of material. that is not the case in depend very where earlier this week brandon marshall made remarks about rob grokowski pushing off on defenders in an attempt to clear the air. >>> i wasn't aware that all of the patriots fans wer

. >> for others like dante hightower he's always been a part of the winning team. >> i was talking to steven jackson the other day. he's been a great player. he's always been on the short end of the stick. kind of a slap in the face. we're all blessed to be here. we do things differently around here. that's why we are here. >> we also learn today that danny amandola will be fined. nicole oliverio. 7news "today in new england." >> stay with 7news. joe amorosino and tray dare will live reports from denver. >>> breaking overnight valley driver losing control of u.s. sufficient taking a plunge in an indoor pool. vuk victoria warren is on the scene in cambridge. quite a bit of damage there. yeah. a lot of damage to this building which is a luxury high riise condominium complex. it was a wild scene. this was an suv, a yeap driven by a valet. the valet driver was backing up then put the car lost control crashed through the building and ended up in the indoor swimming pool. luckily that valet driver was able to get himself out of the car on his own. he had minor injury. spoke with some reside

players at 4 different positions julian eddleman should be back, same goes for chandler jones, dante hightower, and tom brady's left tackle sebastian bomber, the guys in the locker room are excited for a healthy line-up. >> it is always great to get guys back. we just got to go out there to practice, work together as an offense and every one get on the same page. >> it is not that easy to just say get healthy and we and we will pick up where we left out but it is a start. we have some guys that are leaders that have been around here and that is always a institute and it is good to see guys back, like i always say we are a close group here and we all get excited when we see guys back and they are able to do what they do. >> so the pots will know their play off opponent tomorrow and we will break it down, they will all coming up tomorrow night at 11:25. >>> the dolphins have their man, hiring adam gaze as their new head coach, the former bears and brog broncos offensive coordinator is just 37, bicing the youngest head coach in the nfl, reportedly he was going to meet with them but it was cancell

no julian edelman, dont' a -- dante hightower, sebastien vollmer, or even chandler jones for the patriots on sunday none -- sunday. none of them made the trip to florida. they' ll be home with justin coleman and jonathan freeny the patriots don' t have to win to get the number one seed. college football and we start with the grand-daddy of them all the rose bowl stanford and iowa , and it was quite the day for christian mccaffrey. first play from scrimmage and he' s gone 75-yards for a touchdown. he' d finish with a rose bowl record 368 all-purpose yards 66 s good. stanford is much better than iowa. more like a siesta ball for the irish. fourth touchdown of the game. ohio state wins 44-28. not much of a citrus bowl for the gators. michigan runs all over them and throws over them as well jake rudock finds a wide open jehu chesson for a 31-yard touchdown and michigan beats florida, 41-7. a lot of points being scored by one of the two teams in all of those games. jc: i hate to focus on the negative, but the one thing i see there is a 10, and not a perfect 10. >> outside boston it could be ev

third quarter, chandler jones strips the ball from nile davis, recovered by dante hightower. jones came out of the game with a right knee issue. the pats were in business and turned it into another touchdown. brady, 16 years to gronkowski again. up 21-6. gronk, seven catches. the chiefs finally get a touchdown in the third quarter, smith to wilson, cut the lead to 21-13. they added a field goal of 40 and 32 yards and were up by 14 points. the chiefs score late, but patriots magic to steal it. year in a row, the patriots advance to the afc championship game, 27-20, the final tonight. >> it was a great win. took everything we got. a lot of guys played hard, a lot of guys have been fighting through some stuff. pretty special to get back to a championship game. >> we definitely want to establish the run, no matter what the plan is going in. we definitely kept the ball in tom's hands, let him dish it around a little bit. >> super chemistry. you can't go out there and all of a sudden, bam, you have the play down. i have been with tom for a while. we try to work on new things all th

them in the regular season and had to do with the run game the broncos is struggled early when dante hightower went out with an injury they blew it open hightower will be playing and this was either going to have to figure out how to get past it if denver wants to win against cj anderson run a home and have to break out and get the pressure off peyton manning with his and there were running the ball it takes pressure off any quarterback tom and him running the ball will definitely take pressure off them we just try to control a week and control we have to run the ball for us to stay balanced for us to be successful this week everybody knows that we just have to do it when you're facing the patriots you can use patriot you can use all the help you can get{ok{{{{{?n_7_ cheap to live as a former pat is a former pat p manning in the broncos quarterback share stories give be a fly on the wall during that conversation. love that i loves that i enjoy talking to him about coverages and route combinations and his understanding kind of some things that he sees that have helped me as a quarterback and yo

dante hightower and jamie collins expected to test this front 7 early and often. part of it was against us. as the season has unfolded broncos built a consistent running game. the 179 yards against the patriots was the second highest total of the season. >>> it was a problem. it i just didn't play very well. it's not where i want to be . hightower can change that. the broncos rushed 17 times for 136 yards in three touchdowns after hightower left the game with a knee injury. we have to go and execute it so i don't like to live off old games but there is a bad taste in our mouth that we want to go out and change that . >> anchor: they are going to have to because the pats know denver's best shot at beating them is on the ground. the chiefs came back from a 21-6 deficit to lose by a score because injuries cause snaps to hightower and jimmy collins. >>> there has been situations where jimmy what not been there or i haven't been there and when we finally stepped up, whoever we asked to step up we're going to count on them to step up and this year everybody has done a g

than ever we saw injuries become a tipping point and two players that were tough to replace, dante hightower and julian edelman. two months after breaking his left foot against the giants, julian picked up where he left off snagging ten passes for 100 yards . >>> i've always been a big practice guy. whether it was bail, catching ground balls, hitting, swigging as many times as you can until you feel look you mastered it then do more. that's what i have to do . >> reporter: with him back in the lineup it's not coincidence things looked like old times against the chiefs. in the games edelman has played, tom brady has more touchdown passes than any other quarterback in the nfl. the best passor ratting and the pats have been number two in third down conversion. from satisfied, saying he was miscues last week >>> there is plenty of situation that's we didn't click and there are plenty of balls that i didn't get to bring in so there is always something to work for and you can always be better . >> anchor: pats defense will have to be better if they are going to survive beyond this weekend. the chi

smith today vis for nine yards, but davis coughs up the football, recovered by new england's dante hightower. the patriots took advantage. this is what resulted. it's brady to grung combrung again. 2 # 1-6 new england. new eng lapd holds on 27-20. the patriots will play in the afc title game for the fifth-straight year. brady's analysis, pretty simple. >> it was a great win. you know, took everything we got so a lot of guys played hard. a lot of guys have been fighting through some stuff so pretty special to get back to, you know, another afc championship game. >>> the search for respectability continues for the usf basketball program. rex walters & company at home this afternoon against pepperdine. highlights hard to come by in this one. they miss, but reynolds pulls down the offensive rebound and makes a nice pass. boyce led usf 25. but this game was all waves wire to wire. cal fans remember murray. plays for pepperdine. gets three of his 27 points. the waves roll 98-84. usf is 99 overall. 3 and 5 in the wcc. >>> the packers and cardinals playing in today's other nfl playoff game. the warr

taylor jones, he forces a fumble and dante hightower recovers it. it's good to see taylor making a playing this game, and that would lead to this beauty. the pump and go. that is pretty. ready to grunt again, 21 to 6 with the patriots running away with the same. brock had two touchdowns, one today, but that she's had one 11 straight games for a reason. alex smith find alan wilson, 21 to 13. smith had a very good game, and after a couple of gronkowski field goals, there is a long feel go down. this would've been a huge third-down pickup, but the 15 with 115 remaining in the gagame, but casey's onside kick was no good. the patriots would recover that and run the clock out with an important brady to edelman completion. that connection was good. the patriots win again, your final 27 to 20. the patriots which their fifth straight afc championship game. really, wow. now, the patriots win in advance with no surprise with little to no casualties. tom is live and has more on a very impressive takers when. tom? >> reporter: you know, brian, it is amazing how

as for the new england tight end, did take part of the walk through on a limited basis, and dante hightower, which says last year's run to the super bowl can only help. >> experience definitely helps, different year and a different team, it is going to come down to, we have a pretty good week of practice and definitely on the guys and all that other stuff, it is just going to have to come to executional saturday. >>> chandler jones is listed as questionable and we don't know if bill belichick will punish the defensive end. but what caused jones to show station. and until game time today. >>> meanwhile one local man celebrating a win he got a free ticket to today's game. in order to get it he had to pass the so-called boyfriend test. best pitch to a woman holding a ticket. jim armstrong was there when she picked the winner. >> reporter: i have a feeling i was just part of having very special. francesca loves her job, until recently she loved her boyfriend too. >> i didn't post the ad, my friends did. >> tology shy to talk on camera were plenty brave enough to post this ad announcing the newl

key players out on sunday julian edelman, dante hightower. sebastian bolder will not play with a bad ankle. danny am dolen -- amendola. >>> blowout city in the new

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key players out on sunday julian edelman, dante hightower. sebastian bolder will not play with a bad ankle. danny am dolen -- amendola. >>> blowout city in the new year's bowl games around the country. i have the best of the best plays coming up for out fox 25 news at 11:00. >>> developing news now at 11:00 a woman is sexually the suspect telling her he was armed. i'm vanessa welch. >> i'm blair miller. we are herring from some people who lived in that area. john monahan has more on the suspect that police are looking for. john? >> reporter: that's right, blair, police say this was a brazen man. this attack on a busy street even on new year's day took place right across next to that firehouse. >> anything like that is not. >> reporter: he didn't know about the assault across from his dorchester home and he's quick to say it is out of character for this neighborhood on columbia road. >> it is not something to happen around here. this is a pretty safe neighborhood. >> reporter: at 6:45, friday morning, boston police station responded after a wo

. >> trey: in bonding for dante hightower and chander jones, ruled out. >> look up and be out for four win. >> reporter: but with the top only thing on tom brady's mind. >> it is better to win this game than lose it, because you obviously play at home. a win, with always have a tough time winning, and we are in a good position. and we'll see what happens. trey daerr, 7 news today in new england. >> nancy: and bernie supporters coming to sanders' defense after the presidential candidate gets heckled in massachusetts. >> bri: cold air for a couple of days and then back to normal. details in the fork. >> nancy: and ahead thes for is strong with this one, "star wars" smashing yet another box for the girl scout meeting... okay. for the soccer team... for the girl scout meeting... how many meetings are you having?! p at stop&shop, prices are down. savings are up. pwhich makes the checkout lane, victory lane. my stop&shop. look, i know you're a cow and all. and you may not know what i'm talking about, but, uh. the yogurt made from >> nancy: welcome back, its may be chilly but winter won't com

dante hightower didn't even finish that game. >> very frustrating. this is a different game. this definitely a different team with a different mindset so we have a good game plan. >> and this will feature julian edelman. he had a few key drops. something he worked on during the week. >> going out and catching extra balls. you know, plain and simple. the game comes down to fundamentals. getting up and catching the ball and that's my job. >> the broncos have the task of making sure edelman and the rest of the offense fails to do their job and advance to a ninth super bowl win in franchise history. challenge. they have a lot of quick tight end who can run, who can catch, who can create space and they have tom brady, so i think that speaks for itself. it is a very tough task but i think we are ready for it. >> bronco defense going to be in for a totally different look than the one they saw in week 12. a contest that rob gronkowski didn't even finish. >> make sure to stay with 7news with continuing coverage live from denver. we will be live throughout the weekend. >> do you have a

third quarter, chandler jones strips the ball from nile davis, recovered by dante hightower. jones came out of the game with a right knee issue. the pats were in business and turned it into another touchdown. brady, 16 years to gronkowski again. up 21-6. gronk, seven catches. the chiefs finally get a touchdown in the third quarter,