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At points in the days leading up to Super Bowl LIII Cheap Greg Gaines Jersey , players from the Patriots and Rams were asked about what kind of factor their difference in Super Bowl experience might make in Sunday’s game.The Rams are relative newcomers to these kinds of matchups, but the Patriots were in the game for the third time in the last four years and they’ve been playing tight postseason games for most of the last two decades. Wide receiver Chris Hogan was asked if playing so many of them gave the team an edge on Sunday night.“It has helped a lot, you know? We have been in these situations so many times before in big games and we don’t really blink,” Hogan said. “We practice these situations, we run these situations, we know how to execute in these situations — that is what it comes down to. Four minute drives and trying to end a football game, take care of the ball Custom Greg Gaines Jersey , run-blocking and doing all of the fundamentals when it really counts and we have been in this situation before and it just helps.”The Patriots were frustrated offensively for most of the night, but the defense kept that from causing too much harm and they came up with plays in the fourth quarter that allowed them to put the win away. Whether that was a byproduct of their experience, adjustments to what the Rams were doing or a combination of both, it was enough to make the Patriots Super Bowl champions once again. The Saints got the short straw at the start of the season, with games out of the gates against the Texans on Monday night, at the Rams on a short week, at the Seahawks a week later Greg Gaines Los Angeles Rams Jerseys , and at home against the Cowboys. G.M. Mickey Loomis has no problem with a challenging opening quarter of the season.“I kind of like the schedule, I’ll be honest with you,” Loomis told reporters on Monday. “Our opponents are predetermined. It’s just a matter of when we play them. We received our bye week right in the middle of the season. I liked that. Those first four weeks are tough opponents, but we’re going to have to play them anyway during the course of the year. It is not like you can avoid playing teams you perceive as being pretty good. I think in the first half, we’re playing five of the eight, I think are playoff teams from a year ago. That is just the way it goes. We’re looking forward to it. We’re looking forward to playing the guys on the schedule that we have and we’ve got four prime-time games, three of those are at home. I like that too. I think we like our schedule.”Those first four opponents were all playoff teams a year ago Los Angeles Rams Jerseys Stitched , and the Saints have started slowly in recent years, losing five straight season openers.“I did not realize that until you reminded me,” Loomis said when the topic of the Week One losing streak came up. “I think we are always focused on starting fast and we have had some teams that have played good games against us, as much as anything. We get a home game against a really tough opponent [on] and we’ve had success in those [home] prime time games. Hopefully we’ll have success this year.”The Saints have had plenty of success over the past two years, but they’ve had heartbreaking postseason exits. It will be a challenge to go back to 0-0 and climb again, especially after the way the NFC title game ended.