For the third straight year and the fourth time in five seasons, the New England Patriots are headed back to the NFL championship game.
There they will face a young, hungry Los Angeles Rams team led by head coach Sean McVay and quarterback Jared Goff. The Rams and Patriots have done battle 13 times in the history of both clubs, with New England holding an 8-5 overall edge in the series.
The most notable win of course was the one game that came in the postseason: Super Bowl XXXVI. That matchup occurred way back in February 2002, nearly 17 years ago, when a baby-faced second-year quarterback named Tom Brady marched his underdog Patriots down the field for the game-winning field goal to upset the heavily-favored Rams.