New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel speaking to CBS: "It feels good, it feels great. Listen, I can't tell you how proud I am to be associated with these guys and this organisation. I love our football team, I love our staff. I am a lucky head coach."

On finding different ways to win: "Again, we have found different ways this entire season. Today was different conditions and we did what we had to do to win a football game."

On what it would mean to become the first person to win a Super Bowl with the same franchise as a player and coach: "I won't win it. It will be the players that will win the game but I promise that me and my staff will do everything to get them ready for the game."

More from New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye: "This is what it's about. It is what all this year has been about. I love this team and love this coach. We've got the best fans in the nation. Let's go."

On having some big important runs throughout today's game: "These conditions aren't great to throw the football but we did what we needed to do and the defence stepped up. We're off to the Super Bowl, let's go."

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All season we've heard about the Patriots having the easiest schedule in years, how they've had an easy ride to the play-offs.

Well, that's not been the case in the play-offs as Drake Maye has had to win battles over three top-five defences - something that no other quarterback has ever done before in one post-season campaign.

The Pats have beaten the Chargers (5th), Texans (1st) and Broncos (2nd) all monsters in total defence, and playing Houston and Denver in two blizzard games.

Nobody can say they've had an easy run to the Super Bowl now!

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Former NFL cornerback on Sky Sports

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What you saw from the Patriots is a great team. Great head coach, great offensive and defensive co-ordinators. They found a way to win the game.

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New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye speaking to CBS: "I thank the good Lord. What an atmosphere out here. We battled the elements. I love this team - how about the defence? The Pats are back baby, let's go win one."

On the conditions: "It wasn't ideal. The defence have been stepping up all play-offs. We are going to play better. I'm just thankful for this team."

On coach Mike Vrabel: "From day one he has been the same guy. He coaches hard and cares about us a lot but we've got some more work to do."

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Head coach Mike Vrabel is one game away from NFL history as he could become the first man to win the Super Bowl as a player and head coach with the same team.

He's the eighth head coach to reach the big game in the first season with a new team, after overseeing a huge turnaround in a franchise that won eight games in total over the last two seasons.

They're also the sixth team to reach the Super Bowl after five or fewer wins the season before. The last team to do that and win was, guess who? Yes, the 2001 Patriots in Tom Brady's first season as starter.

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New England advanced to a record 12th Super Bowl as they look to win a record seventh Lombardi Trophy in Mike Vrabel's first year as head coach of the Patriots.

Drake Maye couldn't do much all game with his arm, but he did two major things with his legs, running for their only touchdown and the crucial first down that sealed the game.

And Maye's done something Tom Brady never managed to do with the Patriots, and that's win a play-off game in Denver.

He'll now go and try to do something Brady did six times with the Patriots and even overall - and that's get a ring. He'll have to beat the Rams or Seahawks to do it.

It's just some kneeling down to do now for Drake Maye after that incredible run that sealed what has been a tough old game with tough monster defences playing in some awfully tough conditions.

Huge coaching decision here on third and six, and Drake Maye keeps it on a bootleg and he's one-on-one with a defender out in the flat racing for the first-down marker.

And he makes it! That'll be the game unless there's something crazy in the next couple of minutes.

So we hit the two-minute warning after a four-yard gain for the Patriots, who need one more first down to ice this game with Denver only having one time out remaining.

The Broncos need a stop, and likely a turnover here to stand a chance.

Jarrett Stidham goes for a deep to Marvin Mims but it sails right into the arms of Christian Gonzalez as Mims was struggling to turn for the underthrown ball.

Poor decision, if it was his decision, by Stidham as Mims had zero separation there and he wasn't even looking back for the ball so didn;t seem to be expecting it.

Weird one that one, that could end the game.

The punt ends up on the Denver 32, I think, so Jarrett Stidham skates back onto the field to try and lead his offence to some sort of drive in these tough conditions.

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Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback on CBS

Protecting the football now is almost more important than getting a first down.

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No gain for New England as they just hand it off a few times and will be happy to punt this one away - Mike Vrabel seems to be betting that Denver won't score in these conditions.

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Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback on CBS

Since I've been announcing, I've not seen a game change this dramatically in half a quarter.

The wind, the conditions - whatever you're seeing on TV, I promise you it's way worse on the field.

It's wide left! It was a good snap, a good hold and nothing too much with the connection from Wil Lutz but the ball was tipped!

It would've split the uprights but for that touch from Leonard Taylor. Wow this game is tense!

Jarrett Stidham takes off! He goes on the run on third and 12 and gets Denver into field goal range. It's now just a 46 yarder for Wil Lutz.

And on the first play RJ Harvey loses three yards on the rush attempt, with both sets of players struggling to keep their feet.