HOUSTON — Trying to rank the Patriots’ five Super Bowls can be a daily exercise in futility.
Their handful of victories stretch two generations, even though the key leaders are the same, and each game was dramatic for its own reasons. That’s why the rankings could change from person to person or based on their mood at the moment. And really, how do you compare a 25-point comeback to an incomprehensible game-winning drive in the upset of the century?
But let’s try anyway. Here are the Patriots five Super Bowl victories, ranked:
5. Super Bowl XXXIX: Patriots 24, Eagles 21
Skinny: Don’t tell Donovan McNabb’s insides, but this wasn’t the most dramatic game, at least relative to the other four ulcer-inducers.