Midway through the fourth quarter of yet another AFC Championship Game at Gillette Stadium, the Patriots scored on a nine-yard touchdown pass from Tom Brady to Danny Amendola. They trailed the Jaguars 20-17 when “This Is Our House,” a song given to the Patriots by the band Bon Jovi, began to play over the stadium’s loudspeakers, same as after most scores.
It started:
This is our time
This is our night
Are you alive?
The man who sings that song, the founder and frontman for Bon Jovi, sat inside the luxury box of the team’s owner, Robert Kraft, who the singer describes as a “very dear friend.