Tom Brady says he had just one rule on his clutch, go-ahead touchdown throw, and the Patriots discuss it every week

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  The New England Patriots overcame a 10-point deficit on
  Sunday to beat the Jacksonville Jaguars and reach the Super
  Bowl.
  


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  Danny Amendola caught a high pass from Tom Brady in the
  back of the end zone and made an incredible catch to secure the
  game-winning touchdown.
  


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  Brady on Monday said that the Patriots discuss every
  week how to throw the ball in that situation, and Amendola knew
  where to go get it.
  

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The
New England Patriots stunned the Jacksonville Jaguars on
Sunday by overcoming a 10-point, fourth-quarter deficit to win
24-20 and advance to the Super
Bowl.

With 2:48 left in the game, Tom Brady fired a pass from the
four-yard line to the back of the end zone to find Danny Amendola
for the go-ahead touchdown. Amendola pulled down a high pass, and
completed the catch with an incredible toe-tap in the end zone as
he fell down to put the Patriots up for good.

While Amendola's catch was incredible, it apparently was part of
the play design.
Brady explained on WEEI's "Kirk and Callahan" on Tuesday that
the Patriots routinely practice and discuss throws to the back of
the end zone, noting that he throws it high intentionally to keep
it away from the defense.

"The thing about throwing the ball in the red area, you always
want to throw the ball high on the back end line," Brady said.
"You never want to throw the ball, obviously, to the middle of
people's bodies when they're in the back of the end zone. So if
you're going to err, you'd always rather err high because you're
just never giving the defense a chance.

"We talk about high throws on the back end line every week, and I
think those guys know where to expect it."

Brady credited Amendola for making the catch.

"The fact that Danny was as close as he was to the back line and
made the catch and had the awareness to get both feet down and
then secure the catch in a way that left no doubt in people's
mind, was incredible," Brady said. "He's got incredible hands,
incredible body awareness, and body control."

Here was the play:

 

The play may have even looked familiar to the Jaguars, who
allowed Amendola to make a similar catch in 2015.

The Patriots preach preparation and discipline more than perhaps
any team in the league, and their fourth-quarter execution showed
how they put it to practice.

Brady and the receivers are drilled each week about how and where
to throw it in the back of the end zone, and with the Super Bowl
on the line, they pulled it off.

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