{"id":128512,"date":"2026-01-19T00:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T00:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/128512\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T00:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T00:28:08","slug":"pats-ride-dominant-defense-to-28-16-win-nbc-sports-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/128512\/","title":{"rendered":"Pats ride dominant defense to 28-16 win \u2013 NBC Sports Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What to KnowTune into NBC Sports Boston now for Patriots Postgame Live with Michael Holley, Tom E. Curran, Phil Perry and Ted Johnson.Curran and Perry will share more postgame analysis <a href=\"http:\/\/swap.fm\/l\/patriotstalk\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/swap.fm\/l\/patriotstalk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">on the Patriots Talk Podcast<\/a>.New England (3) and Houston (5) combined for eight turnovers.The Patriots intercepted C.J. Stroud four times, including a Marcus Jones pick-6.Drake Maye completed 16 of 27 passes for 179 yards with three TDs, an INT and two lost fumbles.<\/p>\n<p>FOXBORO \u2013 For the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcsportsboston.com\/nfl\/new-england-patriots\/live-updates-chargers-afc-wild-card-playoffs-highlights-score\/759569\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.nbcsportsboston.com\/nfl\/new-england-patriots\/live-updates-chargers-afc-wild-card-playoffs-highlights-score\/759569\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">second time in as many weeks<\/a>, the New England Patriots\u2019 defense stepped up on the playoff stage.<\/p>\n<p>The Patriots recorded five takeaways against C.J. Stroud and the Houston Texans offense to emerge with a 28-16 win at a snowy Gillette Stadium on Sunday afternoon in the AFC Divisional Round.<\/p>\n<p>New England committed three turnovers of its own, but Mike Vrabel\u2019s defense held firm to help punch the team\u2019s ticket to its first AFC Championship Game since the 2018 season. <\/p>\n<p>The Patriots will face the Broncos in Denver next Sunday at 3 p.m. ET with a trip to the Super Bowl on the line.<\/p>\n<p>Check out our live blog below for highlights, postgame analysis and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What to KnowTune into NBC Sports Boston now for Patriots Postgame Live with Michael Holley, Tom E. Curran,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[47845,55237,10374,56,58,57,79,55236,53717,10365],"class_list":["post-128512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-carlton-davis","tag-demario-douglas","tag-drake-maye","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-houston-texans","tag-kayshon-boutte","tag-mike-vrabel","tag-new-england-patriots"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}