I’m guessing you mistakenly thought I meant Dallas in one of those instances. I didn’t.
I meant that Peyton Manning has certain weaknesses, and last year both teams were able to denature him and the Denver defense (once the Pats stopped self-destructing). Aside from a lot of Manning stats in garbage time the Pats did the same thing this year.
http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/boxscore?gameId=321014026
In 2012, the last time they played the game was Seattle. Brady threw for over 350 yards and the Patriots had over 450 total offense. Seattle won the game in the last minute, but of course after trailing the entire ball game.