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Rivers, Gates, Brady recall wind-whipped 2008 AFC title game

LOS ANGELES - Time has a way of blurring the edges of our memories but keeping certain moments and feelings vivid for years.

New England quarterback Tom Brady remembers it was chilly on Jan. 20, 2008, when the Patriots faced the San Diego Chargers for the AFC championship at Gillette Stadium and profootballreference.com backs him up: the temperature was 23 degrees but a wind of 17 mph in Foxborough made it feel like it was 9 degrees for their 3:05 p.m. (Eastern time) kickoff.

Brady, already a three-time Super Bowl champion at the time,

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