One of the most important numbers in the National Football League is three. And conference championship Sunday was all about the "trey."

The Patriots withstood a third solid postseason effort from the Chargers and once again will represent the AFC in Super Bowl XLII. NFL MVP Tom Brady was picked off three times, but the Pats still managed three TDs in a hard-fought 21-12 victory.

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SECOND QUARTER

Another Eli Manning incompletion brings on Lawrence Tynes for a 43-yard FG try. This time he's wide left.

Adrien Clarke comes in for Jacob Bender to start the second quarter. Are we looking at an LG rotation for the immediate future?

Chad Pennington is in what Jets radio voice Bob Wischusen calls "the pistol" — a shortened shotgun formation. It doesn't help. Chad flips to Leon W… More