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Hub Arkush: The “Patriot Way,” is it really a thing?

ATLANTA – Let’s talk for a minute about the most asked questions of the week here in Atlanta as the world awaits sports’ biggest day of the year, Super Bowl Sunday.

The “Patriots Way” ... is it really a thing?

If it is a real deal, how do the Pats make it work?

Will we ever see anything like it again?

Over the past 18 seasons dating to 2001, New England has played in nine Super Bowls, the ninth coming this Sunday vs. the Rams.

Over that same period of time the Pittsburgh Steelers and Seattle Seahawks have played in three, the Panthers, Eagles, Giants, Colts, and Rams have played in two and nine other clubs have reached the NFL’s Mecca once.