Patriots surge back to the Super Bowl USAT's Chris Bumbaca reports from Denver on the Patriots huge win over the Broncos in the AFC Championship game. Sports Pulse Nobody believed in us. Chips on shoulders. Disrespect – real or manufactured. Opponents who allegedly have been glorified, favored or preferred in some way by comparison. Sound familiar? It should. This was always a spiky offshoot of the Patriot Way when Mike Vrabel was a player, and so it is again in his first year back in New England. The Patriots have managed to bottle what should be a recognizable formula for everyone in the region and are turning it loose again on the rest of the NFL. The latest example came at Empower Field...
