ATLANTA – The Patriots dynasty is so long in the tooth it’s now been 17 years to the day since Bill Belichick woke up to face down a futuristic Rams offense in the Super Bowl.
Since then, Belichick and cohort Tom Brady have gone from 14-point underdogs in Super Bowl XXXVI … to stunning the St. Louis Rams and Mike Martz’s “Greatest Show on Turf” … to winning four more Super Bowls … to reaching a ninth one vs. the Los Angeles Rams and 33-year-old offensive coaching phenom Sean McVay on Sunday in Super Bowl LIII at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.