And so it is that the luckiest team in the history of the NFL has tied the Pittsburgh Steelers with six Super Bowl championships.
In any book of quotations, the saying “luck is the residue of design” ought to have the emblem of the New England Patriots as an illustration. Good fortune smiled on the Patriots in Atlanta Sunday in a 13-3 win over the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII.
It almost always does.
That’s not to say quarterback Tom Brady and coach Bill Belichick haven’t done something historic and remarkable. Their run of titles in an era of the salary cap and parity since 2002 is in the books.