Of all 32 teams in the National Football League, only the AFC rival Pittsburgh Steelers can claim to be on the same championship level as the New England Patriots. Fresh off grinding out a victory over the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl 53, the Patriots now share the Steelers’ exalted pedestal as being the only two professional football franchises with six Lombardi Trophies to their names.
Yet all wins are not created equal.
As many television viewers of Super Bowl 53 can attest, the Patriots and Rams didn’t exactly deliver what one would call “must-see TV” in this year’s championship game.