There were a couple omissions that I thought clearly needed a mention.The ones You mentioned and I think the day Bob Gladieux was called out of the crowd in 1970 and the best game of the 1970's at Foxboro a Patriots win in 1978 over The Killer Bees Dolphins a 34-31 game.This is not a complaint since I enjoyed it but just a few additions I would have added.
There was one stretch in 1978 when they beat the Jets 55-24 at home and then the following week they went up 23-0 on Houston, they were 9-2, and it looked like 10-2 and they looked like a machine. I said to myself, they are the best team in football. It was the peak of the era. Houston came back and won 26-23.
But until the Brady era that was one moment that I had that feeling and i'll always cherish that memory.