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They still had another 1-2 possessions left at that point, given the way our defense was stifling Denver's offense. What you say is true. That's why you drive home the point that you need to take the points there then put it in the GOAT's hands to win you the game... which we would have if only they had taken the field goal. It was a **** decision and is one of multiple reasons why the Patriots lost the game.What everyone here for whatever reasons seems to fully ignore is that our offense was equally incapable of moving the ball downfield. We were 2/15 (!!) on third downs. Until the first fourth down attempt we went PUNT-PUNT-PUNT-TD*-INT-FG-INT-PUNT-FG-PUNT-PUNT and didn't touch the redzone EXCEPT for the TD drive after the reversed lateral.
I am sure if someone would send Belichick a message from the future to his headset telling him that on the last drive we will convert a 4th & 10 at midfield with a deep pass into double coverage and a few plays later a 4th & 4 in the redzone then he'd happily take the FG. But since we didn't visit the redzone with a full drive of our own until the very first fourth down attempt I am not shocked that BB thought it might be better to try to get one yard here than producing another 80 yard drive with the time left.
Now that boneheaded playcall on 4th & 1 is a different story and is inexcusable. But those two things are not exclusively connected.