If it hadn't have been for Palmer's knee injury, that would have been a different game altogether. He has emerged in to a great QB, and his relationship with his receivers (specifically Chad Johnson) is amazing. The two of them idolize Peyton and Harrison, and it's starting to show.
I was convinced it would be Cincin moving on, seeing as Pittsburgh is not the team the media wants them to be. They won't make it any farther now, as goes for the Patriots, who are a shell of their former selves. Brady will collapse, and he will make himself look terrible in post-game comments.