Welcome to Season 10, Episode 4 of the Unconventional Preview, a serious-yet-lighthearted, nostalgia-tinted look at the Patriots’ weekly matchup.
After a week of relentless, unavoidable noise … a week of talking points and blame pies, remember-whens, and historical reconsiderations … a week of juicy book excepts and ego-measuring contests and chatter about vengeance, comeuppance, and occasionally even some football, finally — finally — the game has arrived.
I’m not sure that every one of the nine Super Bowls that Bill Belichick and Tom Brady competed in together was preceded by as much hype as the Patriots’ matchup with the Buccaneers.