Broncos Down Patriots In OT

"As often happens when Bill Belichick coaches against one of his former assistants, the showdown between teacher and student got heated.

Only Belichick was an innocent nonbystander on the opposite sideline, nowhere near the tongue-lashing and glare Broncos coach Josh McDaniels gave his special-teams assistant, Mike Priefer.

"I deserved it," Priefer said. "It was a field position game and those were costly mistakes. I should have coached them better. But that's OK. We'll learn from it and keep getting better."

Everything's OK, because a long day of frustration erupted into another week of jubilation after Matt Prater kicked a 41-yard field goal in overtime to give McDaniels' Broncos a come-from-behind, 20-17 victory over Belichick's New England Patriots at Invesco Field at Mile High."

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Super Bowl Would cap off Bailey's Career

"Champ Bailey is going on decade No. 2 in the NFL. In Bailey's first 10 seasons, 15 different teams have played in the Super Bowl. None of whom have been any of Bailey's teams. "The older I get, the more it bothers me," Bailey said. After five seasons with the Redskins and now in his sixth season with the Broncos, Bailey has become recognized as one of the league's top defensive backs despite his absence from the league's greatest stage. Bailey had a streak of eight consecutive Pro Bowl seasons snapped last year because of a groin injury suffered in Game 7 against Josh McDaniels' Patriots. Does coming off his injury-plagued, non-Pro Bowl season heighten Bailey's anticipation for 2009?"

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