ATLANTA (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams and New England Patriots

are bringing two of the top scoring offenses in the NFL to the Super Bowl.The reason they’ve both played so well has a lot to do with the big guys playing up front.Los Angeles had the same offensive line starters for all 16 games and both playoff contests. Their consistency has been key to everything Rams coach Sean McVay does with a team that averaged 32.9 points per game Youth Damien Harris Jersey , ranked second in the league.A line that has nobody who has ever played in a Super Bowl is being rewarded.“Having that consistency is big in everything we do,” left tackle Andrew Whitworth said. “We know each other very well at this point, and that’s something that you can rely on when you’re in a tight game, when you need to execute at an important time in the game.”The line has been just as dependable for the Patriots.Tom Brady has not been sacked in either of New England’s two playoff wins, with defenses getting only three quarterback hits while chasing an offense that is part of a team averaging 27.3 points per game, ranked fourth in the NFL.It hasn’t gone unnoticed by the Patriots’ 41-year-old quarterback.In the days after their AFC championship game victory over Kansas City, Brady posted a picture on Instagram of his spotless jersey. He tagged each of his offensive linemen in the post, writing, “Not even 1 grass stain!”The last time Brady wasn’t sacked through two playoff games was the 2003 season, when he wasn’t sacked at all during the Patriots’ three wins, including their Super Bowl victory over Carolina.“I think they’ve performed incredible all year really,” Brady said. “We really haven’t had many sacks this year and I think they’ve done such a great job protecting, and the run game, I think that speaks for itself. That was just an incredible effort last week and we’re going to need it again because this group is obviously exceptional at (the defensive line).“The D-line is certainly a great strength of theirs. We’ll be challenged. All those guys will be challenged.”The 37-year-old Whitworth is the cornerstone of the Rams’ offensive turnaround, providing brilliant blocking and steady leadership ever since he left Cincinnati to join McVay on the West Coast two years ago. He has started every game except one in the past two seasons — and so have left guard Rodger Saffold Womens Damien Harris Jersey , center John Sullivan and right tackle Rob Havenstein.The Rams’ continuity on the line is remarkable in the modern NFL. Their only change from 2017 to 2018 was made at right guard, where Austin Blythe replaced the suspended Jamon Brown for the first two games of this season and played so well he never relinquished the spot.The Rams’ offensive line is a reliable barometer for the success of their powerful offense. When the linemen are playing well, as they did through the first 10 weeks of the season, quarterback Jared Goff operates smoothly behind his protection and Todd Gurley finds gaping holes in their opponents’ defensive fronts.When the line struggles, as it appeared to do at Detroit and Chicago in December, the offense stalls. Goff was pressured 51 times in a four-game stretch late in the regular season after getting pressured just 78 times in the first 10 games, directly leading to the Rams’ losses to the Bears and the Philadelphia Eagles.“Everybody knows how much I love those guys,” Gurley said. “They’re responsible for everything. We’ve got the best line in the game, in my opinion, and they show it on the field every week.”New England lost two starters on its offensive line in the offseason when tackles Nate Solder and Cam Fleming left in free agency. But with Marcus Cannon and Trent Brown taking their spots, joining center David Andrews and guards Shaq Mason and Joe Thuney, Brady was sacked 21 times during the regular season, compared with 35 times last season.New England knows it will take a similar effort against a Rams’ defensive line that also features All-Pro Aaron Donald, Dante Fowler and Ndamukong Suh.Andrews said one of the things they are so good at is changing up things, with Suh sometimes playing nose guard Authentic Damien Harris Jersey , and lining up on the edge other times.“Obviously they’re both dynamic players,” Andrews said. “Aaron Donald is the best defensive football player in the league, there’s no doubt about that. So it’s going to be a big challenge. We’re going to have to do a lot of things well.” Rookie Jakobi Meyers’ receptions, yards and touchdowns are in rarefied August air." Patriots AnalysisPatriots Training Camp CoveragePatriots Offseason CoverageMeasuring Patriots wideout Jakobi Meyers’ preseason marksNew,192commentsRookie Jakobi Meyers’ receptions, yards and touchdowns are in rarefied August air.EDTJakobi Meyers has accounted for a quarter of the completions thrown by Brian Hoyer and Jarrett Stidham this preseason. He’s accounted for a quarter of their yards as well as half their touchdowns.Meyers, an undrafted rookie who doesn’t look like one, is in rare August air.The air got rarer when the New England Patriots met the Tennessee Titans on Saturday night at Nissan Stadium. No Patriots wide receiver not named Meyers collected more than a single pass from the quarterbacks.One wide receiver named Meyers, on the other hand, caught six.The North Carolina State product played from the opening series to the closing series en route to 82 yards and a two-point conversion.“He has just done a great job,” Hoyer, once an undrafted free agent himself, said of Meyers during his postgame press conference. “Even going back to OTAs I remember him making some big plays, and you are kind of looking like, ‘All right Damien Harris Jersey Boys , this kid is making some plays.’ He has just continued to build on that and build on that. He has worked really hard. It is paying off for him.”“He’s a heck of a player,” added Stidham, a fourth-round pick this April. “He’s been fun to get to know and to play with, and, you know, we’re rookies together so it’s been fun to grow together.”Meyers now stands with 12 receptions for 151 yards and two touchdowns from scrimmage at the halfway mark of New England’s preseason.All three categories have already surpassed the team’s preseason leader from a year ago, Cordarrelle Patterson, and are trending back farther.Meyers is just 37 yards away from matching Brian Tyms’ summer of 2014. He’s also just three catches away from matching Chris Harper’s 2015 for the most over New England’s previous handful of summers.As for his two receiving touchdowns thus far? They tie for the franchise’s exhibition high over nearly the past decade.The well-traveled Chris Hogan caught a pair for scores during the 2017 preseason. Tyms and running back Shane Vereen both did the same in 2014. As did Tennessee-Martin’s Quentin Sims in 2013.But Rob Gronkowski was the most recent Patriot to catch more than two touchdowns during the preseason.The tight end out of Arizona came down with four as a rookie in 2010. New England was still sporting Reebok jerseys then.It’s been a while.Only Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Tanner Hudson’s 13 receptions rank ahead of Meyers’ dozen this preseason. The former two-star quarterback recruit ranks third in the NFL in receiving yards behind Hudson’s 177 and Pittsburgh Steelers wideout James Washington’s 162.Meyers is also one of just eight targets leaguewide with two receiving touchdowns heading into the dress rehearsal.“There’s nowhere else I’d rather be, honestly,” Meyers told reporters in the locker room following New England’s 22-17 win on Saturday. “I’m going to just keep fighting, keep pushing, keep grinding. Hopefully I’ll come out on top.” Meyers is heading that way. Even if his marks aren’t added to until after Labor Day.He’s played 97 of the offensive snaps to this point. He’s played his way onto a roster that will soon go to 53.