Blount has 4 TD runs, Patriots top Colts 43-22 (BLOG)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKI8yHyaU9HESco1w42bUk-U6GOp-FNxeOUKSLvF6kdetgRT2Pq77ZEzSq2EBsz4xuU-nRu0j0z-tcE9aLNN_VYtIc4wSQx8zF-W_lxesc00m4qK7aJ1LomUHbfHa0FKwmoUBTb8j_RVo/s1600/201401112206796078363.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKI8yHyaU9HESco1w42bUk-U6GOp-FNxeOUKSLvF6kdetgRT2Pq77ZEzSq2EBsz4xuU-nRu0j0z-tcE9aLNN_VYtIc4wSQx8zF-W_lxesc00m4qK7aJ1LomUHbfHa0FKwmoUBTb8j_RVo/s1600/201401112206796078363.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389546395984_5622" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_player" data-rapid_p="8" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/24318" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">LeGarrette Blount</a> wasn't satisfied with three short touchdown runs, not against a team coming off the second greatest comeback in playoff history.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389546395984_5642" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Suddenly, the ground game has replaced <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_player" data-rapid_p="11" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/5228" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Tom Brady</a> as the heart of the Patriots' offense.So the 250-pound back who makes long runs routine took off on a 73-yarder and carried the <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_team" data-rapid_p="9" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/nwe" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">New England Patriots</a> to their third straight AFC championship game with a 43-22 victory over the<a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_team" data-rapid_p="10" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/ind" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Indianapolis Colts</a> on Saturday night.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389546395984_5662" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''Once I get into the open field, they're going to have to chase me,'' Blount said. ''And if they catch me, they do. And if they don't, they don't. They usually don't.''</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389546395984_5672" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">They didn't two weeks earlier when he scored on runs of 36 and 35 yards in the regular-season finale against Buffalo. He also returned kickoffs 83 and 62 yards in that 34-20 victory that gave New England a first-round bye. And they didn't on his long touchdown that gave the Patriots (13-4) a 36-22 lead early in the fourth quarter against the Colts (12-6).</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Patriots will face the winner of the game Sunday between the Broncos and Chargers. It will be in Denver if the Broncos win, and New England will host it if the Chargers win.</div><div class="body-slot-mod" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em 10px; max-width: 300px;"><div class="yom-remote"><div class="" id="mediasportsmatcharticlescore_container"><div class="yom-mod yom-app yom-scores yom-sports-match-score yom-sports-scorething js" id="mediasportsmatcharticlescore" style="border: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); color: #f0f0f0; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 10px; zoom: 1;"><div class="hd" style="color: black; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; position: relative; text-transform: capitalize; zoom: 1;"><h3 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Sat, Jan 11, 2014</h3></div><div class="bd" style="color: black; line-height: 13px; margin: 0px; min-width: 280px; padding: 0px; zoom: 1;"><div class="yom-sports-scorething-day"><table class="nfl boxes" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px !important; margin: 0px auto; width: 280px;"><tbody class=" final game link" data-index="0" data-url="/nfl/indianapolis-colts-new-england-patriots-20140111017/" style="background-color: inherit; border: none;"><tr class="team away " style="background-color: inherit; border: none;"><th class="" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; font-weight: normal; padding: 3px 8px 1px; width: 140px;"><span class="logo yom-logo-nfl large ind" style="background-color: #13467f; background-image: url(http://l.yimg.com/os/mit/media/m/sports/images/team-logos/sprites/nfl-40-1663570.png); background-position: -360px 0px; display: inline-block; float: left; height: 40px; margin-right: 3px; vertical-align: middle; width: 40px;"></span><span style="color: #3f3f3f; display: inline-block; float: left; line-height: 20px; margin: 13px 0px 0px 5px; max-width: 92px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;">Indianapolis</span></th><td class="score" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; padding: 3px 0px 0px; text-align: right; width: 1px;"><span style="border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; color: #3f3f3f; font-size: 22px; padding: 15px 10px 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">22</span></td><td class="links" colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; padding: 5px;"><span class="meta" style="color: #888888; display: block; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; text-align: center;"><a class="no-pjax" data-rapid_p="1" data-ylk="lt:s;sec:mod-sch;slk:game;itc:0;ltxt:;tar:sports.yahoo.com;" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/indianapolis-colts-new-england-patriots-20140111017/" style="color: #888888; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Final</a></span></td></tr><tr class="team home winner" style="background-color: inherit; border: none;"><th class="" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px 8px 3px; width: 140px;"><span class="logo yom-logo-nfl large ne" style="background-color: #0a1e3f; background-image: url(http://l.yimg.com/os/mit/media/m/sports/images/team-logos/sprites/nfl-40-1663570.png); background-position: -80px 0px; display: inline-block; float: left; height: 40px; margin-right: 3px; vertical-align: middle; width: 40px;"></span><span style="color: #3f3f3f; display: inline-block; float: left; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; margin: 13px 0px 0px 5px; max-width: 92px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;">New England</span></th><td class="score" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; padding: 0px 0px 3px; text-align: right; width: 1px;"><span style="border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; color: #3f3f3f; font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold; padding: 15px 10px 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">43</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''It's just a great achievement,'' Brady said. ''People have counted us out at times this year, but I think we've got a locker room full of believers.''</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Blount tied Curtis Martin's team playoff record of 166 yards rushing, on 24 carries, two weeks after rushing for a career-high 189.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''He's got that combination of size, power and quickness and speed,'' Patriots coach Bill Belichick said. ''He can run hard. He can make guys miss and he can go the distance.''</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Blount scored on three 2-yard runs in the first half, then burst through the right side for his 73-yarder. Once he reached the end zone, he placed the ball gently on the ground made soggy by a game-long rain.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">On the next series, Luck threw his third interception and the Patriots capitalized with <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_player" data-rapid_p="12" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/24860" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Stevan Ridley</a>'s second touchdown run, a 1-yarder that finished the scoring with 11:12 left.</div><div class="body-slot-mod" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em 10px; max-width: 300px;"><div class="yom-remote"><div class="" id="mediasportsgameleaders_container"><div class="yom-mod yom-app yom-game-leaders" data-gid="nfl.g.20140111017" id="mediasportsgameleaders" style="border: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); 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background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 1px solid rgb(127, 127, 127); float: left; height: 66px; margin: 0px 8px 8px 0px; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important; width: 50px;" title="" width="50" /></a><div class="name" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 2px;"><a data-rapid_p="2" data-ylk="lt:s;" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/25916/" style="color: #949494; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" title="LaVon Brazill">LaVon Brazill</a></div><div class="number team" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 2px;">#15, <a class="team" data-rapid_p="3" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/ind/" style="color: #949494; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Indianapolis</a></div><div class="stats" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 2px;"><br /><abbr style="border: 0px; cursor: help;" title="Receptions: 2">2 Rec</abbr><abbr style="border: 0px; cursor: help;" title="Yards: 73">, 73 yds</abbr><abbr style="border: 0px; cursor: help;" title="Touchdowns: 2">, 2 TD</abbr><br /></div></li><li style="clear: both; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 280px;"><a data-rapid_p="4" data-ylk="lt:s;" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/24318/" style="color: #949494; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" title="LeGarrette Blount"><img alt="LeGarrette Blount" class="photo" height="66" src="http://l.yimg.com/iu/api/res/1.2/S_Iwx2bYAEVCCkaoi7_x6A--/YXBwaWQ9eXZpZGVvO2NoPTg2MDtjcj0xO2N3PTY2MDtkeD0xO2R5PTE7Zmk9dWxjcm9wO2g9MjE1O3E9MTAwO3c9MTY1/http://l.yimg.com/j/assets/i/us/sp/v/nfl/players_l/20120913/24318.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 1px solid rgb(127, 127, 127); float: left; height: 66px; margin: 0px 8px 8px 0px; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important; width: 50px;" title="" width="50" /></a><div class="name" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 2px;"><a data-rapid_p="5" data-ylk="lt:s;" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/24318/" style="color: #949494; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" title="LeGarrette Blount">LeGarrette Blount</a></div><div class="number team" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 2px;">#29, <a class="team" data-rapid_p="6" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/nwe/" style="color: #949494; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">New England</a></div><div class="stats" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 2px;"><br /><br /><abbr style="border: 0px; cursor: help;" title="Rushes: 24">24 Rush</abbr><abbr style="border: 0px; cursor: help;" title="Yards: 166">, 166 yds</abbr><abbr style="border: 0px; cursor: help;" title="Touchdowns: 4">, 4 TD</abbr></div></li></ul></div></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''I'm just disappointed in myself,'' Luck said. ''I can't commit that many turnovers and have a chance to win against a great team like this.''</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Blount joined Ricky Watters, who had five touchdowns for San Francisco on Jan. 15, 1994, as the only players with four or more in a playoff game. The Patriots six rushing touchdowns tied the 49ers' total in that game for second most in playoff history.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Blount's performance came two weeks after he ran for 189 yards and returned two kickoffs for 145 in a 34-20 victory over Buffalo in the regular-season finale.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Billed as a matchup between quarterbacks - long-time great Brady and second-year star Luck - the Patriots' leader was content to hand off while Luck threw an interception on his second pass and never found consistency. He threw two touchdown passes to LaVon Brazill but also threw four interceptions.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Luck had three interceptions a week earlier but led the Colts from a 38-10 deficit early in the third quarter to a 45-44 win over the <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_team" data-rapid_p="13" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/kan" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Kansas City Chiefs</a> in a wild-card game.</div><div class="body-related" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; position: relative;"><a class="body-related-link body-related-image go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp landscape onesize get-lbdata-from-dom" data-rapid_p="14" data-uuid="1c12517c-b16d-33ec-9784-9e6cbfc12c83" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/blount-4-td-runs-pats-photo-043616252--nfl.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="Blount has 4 TD runs, Patriots top Colts 43-22"><div class="img-wrap" style="position: relative;"><div class="cta-overlay" style="-webkit-transition: background-color 0.24s linear; font-size: 13px; height: 201px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background-color 0.24s linear; width: 300px;"><span class="clearfix title cta-text medium" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; color: white; font-size: 16px; left: 5px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 5px; transition: opacity 0.24s linear; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 270px; zoom: 1;"></span><span class="cta-text xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; bottom: 5px; color: white; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 42px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 0.24s linear;">View gallery</span><span class="icon-slideshow icon-white-slideshow-xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.16s linear; background-color: #324fe1; background-image: url(data:image/svg+xml; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; bottom: 5px; cursor: pointer; height: 23px; left: 5px; line-height: 0; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-indent: -1000em; transition: opacity 0.16s linear; width: 32px; z-index: 1;"></span></div><img alt="Blount has 4 TD runs, Patriots top Colts 43-22" class="body-related-thumb" data-src-2x="" height="201" src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ztW9dwRwILVHUvcrBbQZ2A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTIwMTtxPTc1O3c9MzAw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/Sports/ap/201401112219803958451" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; display: block; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important;" width="300" /></div></a><div class="body-related-title photo-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: grey; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 300px;">Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck pinches his nose as he watches the action from the sideli …</div></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389546395984_5676" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''We had our chances, man, to make plays and get our offense back on the field,'' Colts safety Antoine Bethea said. ''Last game, we were able to do that, but it was a great quarterback, a great offense and a great team we were facing (Saturday).''</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Colts trailed 21-12 at halftime, then cut the deficit to 29-22 on a 35-yard pass to Brazill with 5:01 left in the third. The Patriots dominated the rest of the way.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''We just had to keep our foot on the gas pedal,'' Blount said, ''and make sure that they didn't to us what they did to Kansas City.''</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Blount's first touchdown came on New England's first offensive play after Alfonzo Dennard's interception. He scored again on the Patriots' second series.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Luck responded with a 38-yard touchdown pass to Brazill. 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The Patriots also got a break that the Colts didn't get a touchdown out of it after Allen failed to concede the safety.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Allen fumbled into the air and Indianapolis' Jeris Pendleton slapped the ball out of the end zone.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''Ryan probably wasn't sure how close they were to him,'' Belichick said.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Allen hurt his shoulder on the play and placekicker Stephen Gostkowski punted the rest of the game. 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Luck was 20 for 41 for 331 yards.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Notes: Former NBA star Charles Barkley was in the Patriots' locker room after the game. ''I'm a big fan of his,'' Belichick said. ... A moment of silence was held for 17-year-old Sam Berns of Foxborough, whose battle with a rare and fatal genetic condition that accelerates the aging process inspired Patriots players and was the subject of an HBO documentary ''Life According to Sam.'' He died Friday. He had been invited by Patriots owner Robert Kraft to be the team's honorary captain Saturday.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389546395984_5709" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">---</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389546395984_5699" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">AP NFL website: http://www.pro32.ap.org</div></div>

Blount has 4 TD runs, Patriots top Colts 43-22 (BLOG)

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) --  LeGarrette Blount  wasn't satisfied with three short touchdown runs, not against a team coming off the second...

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