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'We Bleed Blue': Pats Fans Excited About Reaching Super Bowl Again

FOXBORO (CBS) -- New England football fans were in full voice, from pre-game to post-game celebrations, following the Patriots' 36-17 victory over Pittsburgh in the AFC Championship game.

The rain Sunday didn't dampen the party, as a post-game sampling of fans showed.

"Yeah baby, we're going back," a fan said after the win.

The Patriots, with Tom Brady at the helm, head back to the Super Bowl.

"Super Bowl, whoa."

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A group of Patriots fans outside Gillette Stadium after the Pats' 36-17 win over the Steelers. (WBZ-TV)

Fans kept yelling one name.

"Tom Brady is the only one. We're going back to Super Bowl," a fan said.

"Of course, Tom Brady, the best quarterback ever in history and I love him," another fan said.

Another AFC championship was a nice dig at NFL commissioner Roger Goodell for that now passe football story.

"Go Pats, go Pats, from Hungary, too."

In this game, the Patriots were on fire.

"Pittsburgh didn't show up," one female fan said.

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A New England Patriots fan holds up a sign after his teams vicotr over the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC Championship Game at Gillette Stadium on January 22, 2017 in Foxboro, Massachusetts. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

And, so were their fans.

"Mama is excited," another woman with her children told WBZ.

"We are thankful for Pats Nations."

"Yes, yes, yes."

"We bleed blue. We are die hard fans, die hard, look," a pair of female fans in Patriots gear exclaimed.

With victory in the air.

"We won and we go forward."

Patriots Nation is already on to the Super Bowl.

"One more, one more," a Patriots fan wearing replica Super Bowl rings pleaded.

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