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the potential door to Green Bay closed on Patriots offensive coordinator Josh
McDaniels. On Tuesday, McDaniels closed the door on leaving the Patriots, at
least for this year.After a conference call with reporters during which
McDaniels said he won¡¯t interview with any other teams during the 2019 cycle,
McDaniels confirmed to Phil Perry of NBCSportsBoston.com that McDaniels will
indeed stay put.This year, McDaniels interviewed only with the Packers. The
Browns reportedly were interested in McDaniels, and the interest reportedly was
mutual. However, it appears that any interest will be going nowhere. (In theory,
McDaniels presumably could have taken the Browns job without a formal interview;
he previously interviewed for the job in 2014.)PFT reported over the weekend,
when McDaniels was still a viable candidate for the Green Bay
job
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leave, either for Green Bay or Cleveland. The Patriots can now stop those
preparations and focus exclusively on winning one or more (ideally, three)
postseason games.McDaniels wouldn¡¯t have interviewed for the Packers job (or any
other job) unless he had real interest in taking the job. McDaniels declined an
opportunity to interview with the Bengals. None of the other teams with
vacancies formally pursued him. NEW ORLEANS (AP) ¡ª The New Orleans Saints got
two touchdown passes from Drew Brees, two interceptions by Marcus Lattimore, and
rallied from a 14-point deficit to beat the Philadelphia Eagles 20-14 Sunday to
advance to the NFC championship game.Using a dominant ball-control offense after
a horrendous start, Brees took the Saints (14-3) on scoring drives of 92, 79 and
67 yards. And a few gambles paid off to assure New Orleans will host the Rams
(13-4) next Sunday for a spot in the Super Bowl.Los Angeles, which fell 45-35 at
the Superdome in November, will try again next
week
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England in the Super Bowl in Atlanta. The Saints¡¯ win finished off a sweep of
the divisional round by teams coming off byes.Wil Lutz added two field goals for
the Saints, who last got this far in 2009, when they won the Super
Bowl.Philadelphia (10-8) will not repeat as NFL champion; no team has done so
since the 2004 Patriots.This was really two games in one. Philly scored on its
first two drives as the Saints could do virtually nothing right.After that
opening period, it was all New Orleans, yet the resilient Eagles kept it close
enough that when Lutz missed a 52-yard field goal with 2:58 remaining, they were
only one-score behind.Nick Foles, the hero of last year¡¯s Super Bowl run, got
them in position for yet another late winning score ¡ª just like last week at
Chicago and last February against New England for the championship.Then Alshon
Jeffery couldn¡¯t handle a second-down pass from the Saints 27 and Lattimore
grabbed his second interception to clinch the win.PATRIOTS 41, CHARGERS
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three touchdowns and New England beat Los Angeles in the divisional playoffs to
earn its eighth straight trip to the AFC championship game.New England (12-5)
will play at Kansas City in next week¡¯s AFC title game. The Patriots beat the
Chiefs 43-40 in Foxborough in Week 6. The Patriots finished 9-0 at home this
season.It is the 13th conference championship game appearance by the Patriots
during the Tom Brady-Bill Belichick era.The Chargers (13-5) haven¡¯t reached the
AFC title game since the 2007 season.Philip Rivers finished 25 of 51 for 331
yards, three touchdowns and an interception. He is 0-5 in games played in
Foxborough, including 0-3 in the postseason.Brady finished 34 of 44 for 343
yards and a touchdown. He improves to 8-0 as a starter against Rivers, who drops
to 1-8 against New England all-time.James White tied Darren Sproles¡® NFL
postseason record with 15 catches, totaling 97 yards.New England scored on its
first four possessions of the game to build a 35-7 halftime lead.Julian Edelman
had nine catches for 151 yards.