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COLOR PHOTO: PHOTOGRAPH BY DAMIAN STROHMEYER Got My Drift? Patriots linebacker Roman Phifer uses Raiders running back Charlie Garner to check the level of snowfall during the teams' AFC divisional playoff game in Foxboro (page 32).

COLOR PHOTO: PHOTOGRAPH BY DAMIAN STROHMEYER Blanketed Raiders middle linebacker Greg Biekert snowplows Patriot Jermaine Wiggins after one of the tight end's 10 catches.

COLOR PHOTO: PHOTOGRAPH BY EZRA SHAW/GETTY IMAGES A Dis Best Served Cold Patriots defensive end Bobby Hamilton celebrates New England's victory after a heated--albeit frigid--battle.