The Patriots' seven Super Bowls this millennium were decided by three, three, three, three, four, four and six points. So, real quick, before Bill & Tom create their next unbelievable, where-were-you-when moment, here are my top 10 Super Bowl moments heading into Sunday night's game at U.S. Bank Stadium:
10: Game-winning drive
Eighty-one seconds remained in a 17-17 game when Tom Brady got the ball at his 17-yard line with no timeouts in only his third postseason start Feb. 3, 2002. Take a knee? Nope. He completed five of eight passes for 53 yards, and Adam Vinatieri beat the heavily favored Rams with a 48-yard field goal as time expired. A legend and a dynasty were born.
9: Joe Willie's AFL guarantee
Joe Namath didn't reach the Hall of Fame because of his 173 touchdown passes, 220 interceptions and 65.5 passer rating. Broadway Joe got there by symbolizing the AFL's emergence as an equal to the NFL. He guaranteed the Jets' upset of the Colts in Super Bowl III in 1969. The second of his two career postseason wins legitimized the AFL and the Super Bowl itself.
8: James Harrison's 100-yard TD
The Steelers led Super Bowl XLIII (2009) 10-7 when Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner threw a slant pass from the 1-yard line with 18 seconds left in the first half. Harrison, a linebacker, intercepted the ball and began the hardest-fought 100-yard return in history. With :00 on the clock, he finally extended the ball to the right pylon while being tackled. I was sitting next to legendary Miami sportswriter Edwin Pope, who calmly said, "That's the greatest play I have ever seen in the history of the Super Bowl." Edwin had seen them all.
7: Doug Williams' second quarter