Here we go again, another Super Bowl pitting Tom Brady and the Patriots against a team they’ve beaten before. Last year it was New England against the Eagles in a rematch of Super Bowl XXXIX. Now we’re running back a rematch of Super Bowl XXXVI against the Rams.
All kidding aside, this is nothing like the recent run of Cavaliers-Warriors matchups in the NBA Finals, which featured nearly identical rosters for four years. The previous Patriots-Rams matchup came on Feb. 3, 2002 in New Orleans. Here’s a list of everything that remains the same 17 years later: Tom Brady is the quarterback.