Fixed.
I appreciate the sentiment in your post, as I'm sure most other Ravens fans will.
I think that the officiating was pretty absurdly tilted in favor of New England, but we still had the opportunity to win the game with under 30 seconds left, so I'm not going to say that the calls were what ultimately decided the game.
Our CBs straight-up blow hard, and that concerns me as they're pretty much the only weakness on the entire team, but against quality quarterbacks like Brady/Rivers, they literally do nothing at all.
It's obvious that Brady/Welker/Moss and co. will eventually click on all cylinders, and that offense will be elite.
However, to be quite honest, although the defense shows some promise for the future, they are far from top-tier in 2009. That being said, they're probably "good enough" to win a Super Bowl as your offense is absurdly potent. Maybe I'm just underrating our offense, though.
Edit - I'm actually a bit torn on the Pats' D as the Ravens ran up and down the field on New England, but the Patriots were able to keep Baltimore out of the endzone, and their schemes did look good sans the final drive. Again, maybe I'm underrating Baltimore's offense.
Eh, this still hurts, but considering that we haven't lost more than two games in the past eight months or so, I think we can build from this.
Great game, and I'm confident that we'll either see you, or Indianapolis again.