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Great statistic!
One of those losses was the most recent Super Bowl when the Patriots passed 41 times (68%) and rushed 19 times (32%). Five more rushing plays and, more likely than not, the Patriots would have won.
Even as a great supporter of "the Pats need to run more" I think the bar should really be set at 35%. Even games that have a 50/50 split through 2 even 3 quarters can get skewed late when down. Take the Cardinals game where the split was pretty even through 3 and then ended up @ 38/62. However the games where they don't use the run much to open generally trend much lower; like the Seahawks game that finished @ 31/69.