The AFC Championship win was such an effort for the Patriots that even Tom Brady was too tired to start studying the team’s next opponent afterward.
Asked in his weekly WEEI interview on “Mut & Callahan” if he started looking at film on the Patriots’ Super Bowl opponent, the Los Angeles Rams, on the flight home from Kansas City, Brady explained the circumstances.
“Oh no, man. Everyone was exhausted after that game,” said Brady. “I don’t think anything productive would’ve happened at three in the morning, everyone was so drained. I didn’t get home until 5:15, 5:30.