AFC Championship picks: Who our sports department thinks will win

Before you look ahead to Sunday's game, I (Adam) ask you to briefly look back and try to remember how you felt at the beginning of this NFL season. As a Patriots fan, it felt bleak. The Patriots started 1-2, with one of the losses to the Las Vegas Raiders, a team that finished tied with the worst record (3-14) in the NFL. If I had told you then that the Patriots were one win away from the Super Bowl, you would have told me to eat my hat. Yet, here they are. Drake Maye flourished as an MVP candidate at quarterback, and first-year head coach Mike Vrabel pushed all the right buttons. You don't necessarily want to hear about...