Broncos Lead Patriots 20-3 at AFC Championship Sunday's American Football Conference championship game between the New England Patriots and the Denver Broncos features a battle of titan quarterbacks, Tom Brady and Peyton Manning. The Broncos began Sunday's game with an edge, leaving the Patriots trailing 13-3 by the end of the first half. Another successful scoring drive by Denver lifted them to a 20-3 lead over New England. With a golden ticket to the Super Bowl on the line, the Patriots will have to pull a stunt like their week-12 regular season rally over the Broncos, in which they pulled ahead after being down 24-0 after two quarters of football. While self-declared football fan President Barack Obama maybe watching Sunday's big game, he tells The New Yorker in a long interview for its Jan. 27 issue, "I would not let my son play pro football" because of reports of early-onset dementia and multiple concussions among NFL players.