I am glad we are done with this game and moving on. Glad to get the win. In the run up to this game, it's been deflategate rehashed non-stop and idiots were proclaiming 73-0 wins. I thought it was silly that an a"angry Tom Brady" was going to be scoring ten TDs.
First, Tom is a cerebral QB who does his best work being focused and alert. His awareness and touch is not improved by him being angry. Emotions, if anything, would hurt QB play.
I think all of the blowout talk hurt the Pats really. The noise surely got to Indy and their players can't be happy with everyone thinking they were going to lose. Probably made their D play better (though not their O).
The score would not have been so close if...
JE11 had not been injured. I am not just talking about the INT, which sucked. But with Gronk triple covered all day, he would have feasted. The injury made that much harder and Amendola had to step up. I think with some time to heal and adjust AND with the return of Jojo imminent, this will not be a problem in the future.
We did not lose Cannon and thus got more QB pressure than expected.
Some of the more atrocious holding by the Colts had been called.