FOXBOROUGH David Montgomery Jersey , Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady typically shrugs off any mention of records or milestones he sets.But even he had to chuckle at the one he and Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers will mark when they meet in Sunday’s divisional playoffs.Brady, who will be 41 years and 163 days old, and Rivers, at 37 years and 36 days old, will combine to be the oldest pair of quarterbacks to face each other in an NFL playoff game, breaking the mark Brady held with Peyton Manning.Article continues below ...“Nice,” Brady said of the impending footnote. “Nice and old.”Sunday will be just the fourth playoff meeting between the teams, with the Patriots holding a 2-1 edge.Rivers enters Sunday with a 1-7 record against the Patriots, including 0-4 in games in Foxborough and 0-2 in the playoffs. Rivers earned his lone victory against New England during the 2008 regular season, when the Chargers were still in San Diego. Brady was sidelined for that game by a knee injury and Matt Cassel started in his place.Brady is 7-0 as a starter against Rivers .The Patriots (11-5), who captured their 10th straight AFC East title this season, will be seeking their eighth consecutive trip to the AFC title game.The Chargers (13-4) haven’t even been to the conference title game since losing 21-12 to the Patriots during the 2007 season.Rivers played in that game just days removed from tearing the ACL in his right knee. He limped his way through it while being intercepted twice and failing to throw a touchdown pass.It’s become the toughness brand for a quarterback that hasn’t missed a game since becoming the Chargers starter in 2006.Rivers Riley Ridley Jersey , who led his team to five wins in its last six regular-season games and a road win at Baltimore in the wild-card round last week , said he’s tried to keep past shortcomings against New England out of his mind this week.“It’s not something you think about a whole lot,” he said. “It exists and it’s there but again, and I mean this, I don’t feel that I’m playing Tom. Certainly, it’s a Tom Brady-led team and we know how things work with the quarterback and the head coach that have the record attached to it. We’ve got a heck of a challenge.”It will also be a chance to earn a signature win for second-year Chargers coach Anthony Lynn, who has steered Los Angeles through its relocation and a season that included a game in London.To have another chance at this stage of his career to notch a playoff win against a New England team that has been the standard in the conference is an opportunity not lost on Rivers.“Fired up to have a shot,” Rivers said.Here are some things to watch for in Sunday’s game:ROAD WARRIORSOne thing that gives the Chargers confidence heading into Foxborough is their record away from Los Angeles this season.The Chargers are facing a Patriots team that is 8-0 in Gillette Stadium this season. But Los Angeles is 8-1 on the road , with its lone blemish coming against the crosstown Los Angeles Rams.“We have a tough football team, no doubt. I believe that. I think going on the road, it really doesn’t faze this team,” Lynn said.“We love ball Greedy Williams Jersey , we like playing football, we like competing and we know going into Foxborough, they’re undefeated there and they’re tough to beat, period. It doesn’t matter where you play the Patriots; they’re tough to beat.”TOUGH STREAKIn addition to earning his first postseason win over New England, Rivers will also be trying to help the Chargers end their recent struggles in the divisional round.Each of the Chargers’ past three trips to the playoffs have ended in this round — 24-17 to Denver in 2013, 17-14 to the New York Jets in 2009 and 35-24 to Pittsburgh in 2008.GORDON’S A GOChargers running back Melvin Gordon is expected to be active Sunday, despite missing the first practice of the week to rest the knee injury he sustained in their wild-card win over the Ravens. He was limited for Thursday’s workout, but removed from the injury report on Friday.Los Angeles’ offense is at its best when Gordon can take the pressure off Rivers. He had an 87-yard touchdown in last year’s regular-season meeting with the Patriots. He also has 12 touchdowns in the Chargers’ past nine games on the road, including playoffs.WEATHER FACTORThe forecast for Sunday in Foxborough is 29 degrees, which recently has been a good thing for the Patriots.They are 13-0 at home since 2011 in games in which the temperature was 32 degrees or colder .The Chargers contemplated staying on the East Coast after last week’s game in Baltimore, but ultimately decided to return to California to practice.Patriots coach Bill Belichick isn’t counting on the weather being that much of an advantage, though.“They’re a good football team. We’re playing the Chargers. We’re not playing the weather Sione Takitaki Jersey ,” he said. “Whatever it is, it is.” CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — It’s been a disappointing season for Matt Ryan and the Falcons, but the veteran quarterback is excited about what’s ahead for Atlanta next season — particularly on offense.“It’s great to have a bunch of different guys that are capable of making plays at any time during a game,” Ryan said.Ryan had 239 yards passing and threw touchdown passes to three different wide receivers, the Falcons ran for 194 yards without Devonta Freeman and Atlanta beat Carolina 24-10 on Sunday. It was the seventh straight loss for the Panthers (6-9), who were eliminated from playoff contention.Article continues below ...The Falcons (6-9), who’ve battled injuries at a number of key positions, have won two straight, giving them some hope for the future.“We are at our best when everybody is involved and we can run the football and play-action pass off of it,” Ryan said. “We did a nice job of that today and everybody created explosive plays. It makes it difficult to defend when you have to account for a lot of different people.”Ryan found Calvin Ridley for a go-ahead, 75-yard touchdown strike on the first play of the second half when Panthers safety Eric Reid bit on a play-action fake. He also connected with a wide-open Mohamed Sanu on a crossing route for a 44-yard score and threw a 1-yard TD pass to Julio Jones in the back of the end zone.Ridley had three catches for 90 yards tied the franchise rookie record for TD catches in a season with eight. Sanu had five grabs for 81 yards Sheldrick Redwine Jersey , and Brian Hill had 115 yards rushing on eight carries.The Falcons intercepted first-time starter Taylor Heinicke three times and forced four turnovers after allowing a touchdown on the game’s opening possession. Heinicke, making his first NFL start for the injured Cam Newton, left the game briefly in the second quarter with a left elbow injury, but returned and was repeatedly battered by the Falcons.He finished 33 of 53 for 274 yards with one touchdown.Panthers coach Ron Rivera said Heinicke gutted it out, but the team needs to find players who can make plays in the red zone.“I wasn’t coming out of that game,” an emotional Heinicke said. “Those guys know I am going to fight for them.”The Panthers’ frustration was evident when linebacker Thomas Davis and cornerback Captain Munnerlyn got into a heated exchange on the sideline.“I really believed seven weeks ago we were a good football team,” Munnerlyn said. “Right now, we’ve just got a bad record. We just ran into some injuries, ran into some bad luck and fell short.”McCAFFREY’S DAYCarolina’s Christian McCaffrey had 21 carries for 101 yards and 12 receptions for 77 yards to set an NFL record for receptions in a season (106) by a running back.He became the third running back in league history to record 100 receptions and 1,000 yards rushing in a season, joining LaDainian Tomlinson and Matt Forte. McCaffrey has 1,080 rushing yards and 845 receiving yards Austin Seibert Jersey , giving him an outside chance to become only the third player to post 1,000 yards rushing and 1,000 yards receiving.He also broke his father Ed’s record for receptions in a season, although McCaffrey quipped, “He’s got a comeback — he’s got three Super Bowl (rings). So he’s got me there.”GOING VIRALFalcons punter Matt Bosher went viral when he delivered a blistering hit on Panthers returner Kenjon Barner.“It was pretty cool,” Sanu said. “I jumped out of my seat. I was looking at the tablet and I saw it and was like, ‘Oh!’ I had to go congratulate him. It was a big hit.”MORE FINES FOR REID?Reid already been fined four times by the NFL this season for illegal hits and almost certainly will get a fifth letter in his locker next week. Reid was flagged for unnecessary roughness for a helmet-to-helmet hit on Ridley in the second quarter as Ridley tried to make a sliding catch.Reid has been outspoken about the league drug-testing him six times in 11 weeks and fining him for four hits, one of which has already been overturned. He sued the NFL for collusion for keeping him out of the league because of his decision to kneel alongside Colin Kaepernick during the national anthem to protest racial and social injustice and said he’s not surprised by the treatment he’s received from the league.Reid knelt again before Sunday’s game.KEEPING UP WITH JONESJones continued to be a problem for the Panthers. He came into the game averaging more than 100 yards in 12 career games against Carolina and didn’t wait long to assert himself with four catches for 28 yards and 1-yard TD catch on Atlanta’s first possession.INJURIESFalcons: Running back Tevin Coleman left the game with a groin injury in the second half and did not return with the Falcons up by two scores.Panthers: Pro Bowl guard Trai Turner left the game with an ankle injury and did not return.UP NEXTFalcons: Visit the Buccaneers next Sunday.Panthers: Visit the Saints next Sunday.