But Brady made a mental error himself, not calling timeout quickly enough after a short scramble. So the Patriots didn’t get a shot at the end zone and Gostkowski made his second kick.
Shockingly for an offense that scored 557 points this season, that was it for New England.
“We are probably the only team in the AFC that matches up good with the boy, No. 12 over there and his coach,” linebacker Terrell Suggs said of Brady and Belichick.
NOTES: Brady now has 5,949 yards passing, the most in NFL history for the postseason. He threw for 320 yards Sunday but was picked off twice in the fourth quarter. … Ridley sustained a head injury but walked off the field. Patriots CB Aqib Talib hurt his thigh and DT Kyle Love injured his knee. Backup safety Patrick Chung was helped off the field after one play. … Baltimore beat San Francisco 16-6 in the 2011 season.
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