NFL Playoffs: Jets upset Patriots, conference championship rounds are set

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It’s considered the best weekend of football, the divisional round of the NFL playoffs. New York Jets head coach, Rex Ryan, has been vocal all week in the runup to Sunday’s big game. Many criticized him for talking too much, but his team lived up to all the talk, upsetting the Patriots 28-21.

Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, the Takeaway’s sports contributor, recaps the weekend’s action and looks forward to the AFC and NFC Championship games.

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