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The New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams face off on Sunday in the biggest game of the year for the right to call themselves champions.
- The Los Angeles Rams and New England Patriots will meet in Super Bowl LIII on Sunday.
- The game is set to kick off on CBS at 6:30 p.m. EST, with the Patriots currently listed as slight favorites to lift the Lombardi Trophy.
- While the Patriots have advantages in a few key spots, the Rams should have enough talent to keep things close.
- You can check out our full preview of the game below and follow all of our coverage of Super Bowl LIII here.
This Sunday the Los Angeles Rams and New England Patriots will meet in Super Bowl LIII, playing for the right to lift the Lombardi Trophy and call themselves champions.
Both teams are stocked with talented players on both sides of the ball. For the Patriots, it was a bumpier year than usual, but the outcome was the same, riding Tom Brady and the most reliable roster of role players in the NFL to their third straight Super Bowl. For the Rams, an offseason buying spree and a wunderkind head coach helped turn-around the perennial also-rans into Super Bowl contenders in just two years.
There's no telling what will happen on Sunday, but for casual fans in need of a primer, there's a few quick facts and basic storylines worth knowing before the game kicks off.