FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Here's the chilling truth for the rest of the NFL: The New England Patriots look like champions again.

And they have no fear of hitting the road for the rest of the postseason.

Tom Brady threw three touchdown passes, Willie McGinest broke two records for sacks and the Patriots set an NFL mark with 10 straight postseason victories by beating the Jacksonville Jaguars 28-3 on Saturday night.

"It's a great accomplishment," McGinest said. "We're not downplaying it, but they are not passing out any trophies tonight. We've got a long way to go."

Pursuing an unprecedented third straight Super Bowl title, New England battered the overmatched Jags. Brady, who improved to 10-0 in the postseason, matched his playoff career high for TD passes, and McGinest set NFL postseason records with 41/2 sacks and 16 for his career.

"We're going to keep fighting, I know we will keep fighting," Brady said. "We'll get ready to play the toughest game of the year.

"Now we are even with the best teams in the league, Indy and Denver."

New England's milestone surpassed the nine straight playoff victories by Green Bay in the 1960s. The Patriots (11-6) last lost a playoff game in 1999, to the Jaguars. Since Bill Belichick became coach in 2000, they have won three Super Bowls in four seasons, but never played in the wild-card round until now.

"At this point in time, you win or go home. We're not ready to go home," defensive tackle Richard Seymour said.

McGinest surpassed Bruce Smith's record for postseason sacks, getting 11/2 in the waning moments.

"In the company of guys like Bruce Smith and Reggie White, it's definitely a compliment," he said. "I'm just humbled to be in the same category with those guys."

McGinest and the rest of the defense, even without co-Comeback Player of the Year Tedy Bruschi, who was in uniform but didn't play because of a calf injury, kept Jacksonville from mounting much of a challenge. The Jaguars (12-5) looked like a team making its first postseason appearance since 1999, and one that faced an easy schedule in compiling such a strong record.

TAMPA, Fla. — Joe Gibbs' teams always had a knack for peaking at the right time, and these Washington Redskins are no different.With the Hall of Fame coach back in the playoffs for the first time in 13 years, the Redskins — at least on defense — looked like a Super Bowl contender again in beating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17-10 in the NFC wild-card round Saturday.The victory was the sixth straight for the Redskins (11-6), who won despite gaining only 120 yards on offense — the lowest total in NFL history for a winning team in a postseason game, according to the Elias Sports Bureau."It's been a tough fight these last six weeks," said linebacker Marcus Washington, who recovered a fumble and had a fourth-quarter interception. "We ain't ready to go home yet, so we're going to keep sawing wood."LaVar Arrington's interception set up Clinton Portis' 6-yard touchdown run, and Sean Taylor returned a fumble 51 yards for another first-quarter score for the Redskins, who rebounded from a three-game losing streak to win five straight to get into the playoffs."I go to work with a great bunch of guys, and they have a lot of fight to them," Gibbs said after his first playoff game since a divisional-round loss to San Francisco on Jan. 9, 1993. "They never gave up no matter what the circumstances."Taylor was later ejected for spitting in the face of a Bucs player, further depleting an injury-riddled defense that held off two Tampa Bay scoring threats in the closing minutes, including a near catch in the end zone that could have tied the game with just less than three minutes to go.Chris Simms lofted a perfect spiral to Edell Shepherd on third-and-10 from the Washington 35, but the Tampa Bay receiver lost control of the ball as he was coming down in the end zone.Simms, unaware the pass was ruled incomplete, began celebrating near the sideline — and the Bucs' stadium crew set off premature fireworks. Tampa Bay asked for a video review, burning its final timeout, but the call was correctly upheld by instant replay."It's unfortunate," coach Jon Gruden said. "He was open, he had his hands on the ball, and he was in the end zone."