and when the two teams’ divisional playoff game was done White Danny Etling Jerseys , the home team came out on top with a score of 41-28. Let’s dig a little deeper into the snap count numbers from the Patriots’ blowout win— their 12th victory of the season — to get an impression of how they used their personnel.OffenseTotal snaps: 83Four members of the Patriots offense went the distance yesterday: the starting offensive line with the exception of Shaq Mason, who briefly left the game with an undisclosed injury, and quarterback Tom Brady. Brady going wire-to-wire is interesting considering that the game was pretty much wrapped up by the third quarter.The Patriots’ wide receiver group consisted mostly of Julian Edelman, who had a fantastic game and caught nine passes for 151 yards, and Chris Hogan. Behind the top duo, Phillip Dorsett served as the third option on not quite half the offensive snaps. Cordarrelle Patterson was used sparingly and touched the football only once on a three-yard run.New England invested a lot in its ground game yesterday, running on 33 occasions. Tight ends Rob Gronkowski and Dwayne Allen served mostly as blockers, as did James Develin, who was on the field for most of New England’s running plays. The ball carriers themselves were mostly James White and Sony Michel, with their roles clearly defined: White, who caught 15 passes Danny Etling Jerseys 2019 , served as the receiving back, Michel the bell-cow runner.DefenseTotal snaps: 71While the Patriots’ run stoppers — Malcom Brown, Elandon Roberts, Danny Shelton — saw some action near the goal line, the Patriots were mostly in a pass defense. As a result, interior pass rusher Adam Butler tied Trey Flowers for the team lead in defensive line snaps: both players performed very well and were a big reason why Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers was under duress all day long.The rest of the front seven saw plenty of Adrian Clayborn and John Simon at the defensive edges, with Kyle Van Noy and Dont’a Hightower playing their usual high number of snaps and lining up all over the place. Both were terrific and active as blitzers against an L.A. offensive line that struggled all day to establish a run presence or consistently give its quarterback time.In the secondary, the usual suspects were on the field. New England was mostly in a nickel alignment with Stephon Gilmore and J.C. Jackson as the boundary cornerbacks, and Jason McCourty the number three in the slot. Together with Patrick Chung and Devin McCourty they effectively shut down the Chargers’ talented passing game for most of the day.Special TeamsTotal snaps: 34New England used its typically high number of players in the kicking game. Eight of them exclusive entered the field on special teams: Nate Ebner, Brandon King, Albert McClellan White Derek Rivers Jerseys , Ramon Humber, Keion Crossen and the three specialists — Stephen Gostkowski, Ryan Allen, Joe Cardona — did not play snaps in other phases of the game. Fellow core guys Matthew Slater, Rex Burkhead and Jonathan Jones, on the other hand, did. CINCINNATI (AP)Coach Marvin Lewis got a two-year contract extension Tuesday, providing more chances to try to get the Cincinnati Bengals that playoff victory that has eluded him for 15 seasons. The agreement came after a second straight losing season and two days of discussions with owner Mike Brown. Lewis has the second-longest active coaching tenure in the NFL, behind Bill Belichick’s 18 seasons with New England. Unlike Belichick, who has won five Super Bowls and made two other appearances in the title game, Lewis is 0-7 in the playoffs Derek Rivers Jerseys 2019 , the worst coaching record in NFL history. The Bengals haven’t won a playoff game since the 1990 season, the sixth-longest streak of futility in league history. Paul Brown Stadium was half-empty for the final home game, an indication fans had given up on the team and were hoping for change. Instead, Brown decided to stay the course and keep Lewis, who wanted more say over the coaching staff and the roster if he stayed. Brown’s aversion to change won out. ”Marvin has made significant contributions during his time here,” Brown said in a statement. Lewis planned to meet the media on Wednesday. He said in a statement that he was committed ”to making the necessary improvements to put this team in the best position to win.” Lewis has acknowledged that he would have been fired in any other NFL city. Instead, he’s gotten second and third chances – and now a 16th chance – to lead the Bengals to a postseason win. Brown, an owner who values loyalty, has decided to keep Lewis around. It marks a stay-the-course coaching offseason for both of Ohio’s teams. The Browns are keeping coach Hue Jackson after they became only the second team in NFL history to go 0-16. On Monday, Lewis said he was interested in staying only if he and ownership had a common vision for changes that needed to happen. He said the organization needs to do a better job building a roster that can contend for an AFC North title. Lewis has by far the longest coaching tenure in team history – founder Paul Brown and Sam Wyche are tied for second at eight years – and a 125-119-3 record, including that 0-7 playoff mark. Under Lewis White Deatrich Wise Jerseys , the Bengals have had some of their best regular seasons and some of the worst playoff moments. The mastermind of Baltimore’s Super Bowl championship defense in 2000, Lewis came to Cincinnati before the 2003 season – a rare outside hire by the Brown family. Lewis turned the Bengals into a competitive team and then a playoff team after years of languishing as a laughingstock. He hasn’t been able to win a playoff game, though. His best chance came in 2015, when the Bengals matched the franchise record with 12 wins and were in control in the final minutes of a playoff game against rival Pittsburgh at Paul Brown Stadium. Lewis’ team unraveled, fumbling to give Pittsburgh a final chance and then committing two unthinkable penalties – Vontaze Burfict and Adam ”Pacman” Jones got 15-yard fouls – that set up the Steelers’ field goal for an 18-16 win. It was one of the worst meltdowns in NFL playoff history. At yet, Lewis survived it. His team never recovered. The Bengals won only six games last season. When Lewis and Brown met afterward, they couldn’t agree on terms of an extension of his deal that ended after the 2017 season. A 23-20 Monday night loss to Pittsburgh on Dec. 4 essentially ended the Bengals’ chances. Paul Brown Stadium was less than half-full for the final home game, a 26-17 victory over the Lions on Dec. 24. In the final game at Baltimore, the Bengals rallied for a 31-27 win that eliminated the Ravens. The Bengals now have to sell tickets by convincing fans that things are changing, even if the head coach is the same. —