. >> 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 marv

. >> reporter: devin mcchordy says the pats aren't taking manning lightly even though he hasn't been himself this season because they can't overlook his superior football brain. >> an afc championship game with the opportunity to try to advance into the super bowl, you know, you can't ask for a better challenge and going against two the greats, and if you deserve to be there, you gotta go out there and prove it sound. >> reporter: and mile high is where the patriots must go through to get to their ultimate goal but brady says it won't be easy. >> i know we've had a lot of pretty lonely feelings when you drive out of that stadium and we've had some pretty tough loss there is over the years. because they've had really good teams. >> now, brady's 22 and 8 over hopes it's this time to shine once again, he knows it's going to be a tough battle and told united states today he's going to have to have the best game of the season on sunday. live in foxboro, alex corddry, 7news. >> manning takes on belichick and brady coming up on 7news at 6:00. reporting live in the newsroom, joe amorosino, 7

. >> coming up, we hear from patriots safety devin mcchordy. he talks about peyton manning and even though he doesn't look like himself this season the patriots are not overlooking him. they'll tell us why coming up at 5:00. live in foxboro, alex corddry, 7sports. >>> recent history tells us how important home field is this time of year and the last two seasons road teams playing in the conference championship game, our 0 and 4 will see if the patriots can buck that trend on sunday in denver. joe amorosino, 7sports. >> the new york daily news poking a little fun at the pats qb antonio smith claims brady was a crybaby in a recent interview. brady's speaking out about the trash talk today. dan hausle has more on what he had to say. teammates getting too worked up about this name calling but one of the patriots kind of broke the usual belichick rule and did a little trash talking himself. tom brady, a crybaby, a whine center that's what one denver broncos are saying and some patriot hitting town on the defense. the coach bill belichick suggest his