This is most certainly not like the chicken and the egg argument. No doubt, the defense failed, again, at the end. Did you expect a different result given the situation? If a poll were taken BEFORE the game & it asked will the Patriots win if they are up by two & the Giants have the ball with 3:34 left in the game, how do you think the poll would have read?
As previously posted, They lost because the Patriots offense didn't put distance between the Giants offense and this Patriots defense. On (3) occasions they had the ball in the 2nd half and could have put the Pats up by (2) scores, and they failed. Worse yet, they kept the ball for 6 mins in the fourth quarter and scored zero (0) points, giving it back to the Giants with 3:34. Just enough time for Eli to embarrass our Defense, once again. I think they should have gone for it on 4-11 from the NYG 44 – there was no way this defense was going to hold. And why the f-ck did Brady throw that stupid pass to Gronk - didn't he learn anything from the Slater play the game before? This one is on the offense. 17 points? really? I figured after being on the bench for most of the first half and still scoring 10, they would show their stuff in the 2nd half - pathetic. It is the offenses fault because they are the stronger unit, they had multiple opportunities to make sure this game didn’t come down to a defensive stop & they **** the bit.