COMMENTARY
Welcome to Season 9, Episode 13 of the Unconventional Preview, a serious-yet-lighthearted, nostalgia-tinted look at the Patriots’ weekly matchup.
The symmetry was always so fitting, and it’s become only easier to appreciate over the past two seasons.
The 2001 Patriots won the franchise’s first Super Bowl with some timely offense and a brilliant defensive game plan that stalled a supposedly unstoppable Rams offense.
The 2018 Patriots won the franchise’s sixth Super Bowl — and their last with Tom Brady and Bill Belichick applying their unprecedented genius in tandem — with some timely offense and a brilliant defensive game plan that stalled a — where have we heard this before?