PITTSBURGH ROSE ABOVE THE PATS TO THE TOP OF THE AFC WITH A WIN IN STEEL CITY. TOM BRADY WAS INTERCEPTED TWICE, THE FINAL TIME BY IKE TAYLOR ON THIS SECOND-QUARTER PASS INTENDED FOR BETHEL JOHNSON--ONE OF FOUR PATRIOTS TURNOVERS.
Game 8
PATRIOTS 40 RAMS 22
LINEBACKER MIKE VRABEL HAS CAUGHT FIVE TD PASSES IN HIS EIGHT-YEAR CAREER, INCLUDING THIS TWO-YARD TOSS FROM TOM BRADY IN ST. LOUIS, IN THE SECOND QUARTER. HE WOULD HAVE ANOTHER ON HIS SPORT'S BIGGEST STAGE, AGAINST THE EAGLES IN SUPER BOWL XXXIX.
Game 9
PATRIOTS 29 BILLS 6
FILLING IN BECAUSE OF INJURIES IN THE SECONDARY, WR TROY BROWN GOT HIS FIRST NFL INTERCEPTION IN THIS FOXBOROUGH WIN. WHEN BILLS QB DREW BLEDSOE PLAYED FOR THE PATS, HE AND BROWN HOOKED UP FOR 12 TDS.
Game 10
PATRIOTS 27 CHIEFS 19
TE DANIEL GRAHAM FINISHED THE SEASON TIED WITH WR DAVID PATTEN FOR THE TEAM LEAD IN TOUCHDOWN CATCHES, WITH SEVEN. IN THE WIN IN KANSAS CITY HE PICKED UP 48 YARDS ON THIS PASS FROM TOM BRADY.