[marshmallow]

Nonsense. The same was said about the Pats when they lost to Indy last year and the Broncos before that. Every year they’ve lost in the playoffs, they’ve comeback to go to the Superbowl the next.

No, this one is devastating.

It would have been better for the Pats had they been blown out from the start of the game. Instead, they had perfection at their fingertips. In their minds they were probably thinking of the interviews and speeches they'd be giving.

They went 18 games plus 59 minutes and 30 seconds unbeaten.

Then at the last tick, it all evaporated.

It's like being at the gates of heaven then suddenly being thrust into hell.

This one is a knockout punch.

[Dmitry Vukicevich]

sweet analysis. I love how you painstakingly describe how immortality was wrenched from their hands.