Patriots defenders said Super Bowl LIII was the easiest game they’ve played in, according to former Rams RB Todd Gurley

Uche isn’t participating in Super Bowl LIX with the Patriots, of course. He’s one of seven members of the Chiefs — six players and a coach — who were traded or let go by the Patriots in recent years. There was an eighth, but the Browns signed quarterback Bailey Zappe off the Chiefs’ practice squad in Week 8.

Every NFL season — as sure as there will be hand-wringing over officiating and scrutiny about whether the Jets and Giants can extricate themselves from their malaises — it happens. A team goes deep into the regular season without losing and the talk begins about whether that team might equal what the ’72 Dolphins did in producing a perfect,