The Pats we're really upset by giving that game away last year. They took it out on the Jets the following week.
That loss in Miami was the best thing that could have happened to them, just as the Carolina loss the previous week was. Still, I don't think the football gods are being very kind to the Pats for a three-peat. But they certainly won't go down without a fight. But if somehow they do get number 3, it will go down as one of the most amazing coaching jobs ever.