A couple of items that stick out, of far too many to list. Personally, I'm not going to talk about Amendola's catch on 4th down, because that wasn't exactly a little/unsung thing, at least in my eyes; that was pretty damn huge.
First off, 3rd and 8 from the Atlanta 35, Pats are down 28-3 at this point, a touch under 5 minutes to go in the third. Brady like a madman rushes for 15 yards for the conversion, eventually leading to White's touchdown reception. This was no sure thing, and if it's not successful, that's likely 4th and long, which was certainly no sure thing with how the offense looked at that point deep in Atlanta territory, from the pick six to Blount's fumble.
Secondly, Gostkowski's last two kickoffs were goddamn money to ensure a long field, and in turn better field position, even if the first kickoff resulted in a 2:26, 45-yard drive, this is about Ghost's efforts specifically (to say nothing of Flowers sack on 2nd and 11 on the Pats 23). With the Pats down 8, after the Amendola TD catch and Weisian direct snap to the RB conversion, Gost's kickoff goes 62 yards to the 3, making it so Justin Hardy can't just knee on it for a touchback. Jonathan Jones brings him down and they start the drive at their 10. Then, after I was personally afraid too much time was left on the clock after tying the score, with 57 ticks left in regulation, following a Freeney offsides penalty, Ghost's kickoff goes exactly the requisite 60 yards, basically right at the plane of the goal. In other words, if Weems knees/free catches this, there's a possible chance they start at like the half yard line, thus opening up safety possibilities. Weems is thus forced to return the kickoff, only goes out to the 11 before Bolden gets the stop, as opposed to Ghost possibly booming it through the endzone and giving the Falcons a free 14 yards.
