Playoff losses under BB/TB:
2005/06 - 27-13 at Den in Divisional Round
2006/07 - 38-34 at Ind in AFCCG
2007/08 - 17-14 vs NYG in SB
2009/10 - 33-14 vs Bal in Wild Card Round
2010/11 - 28-21 vs NYJ in Divisional Round
2011/12 - 21-17 vs NYG in SB
2012/13 - 28-13 vs Bal in AFCCG
2013/14 - 26-16 at Den in AFCCG
2015/16 - 20-18 at Den in AFCCG
A few things to note...
- It's been SIX seasons since the Pats were eliminated before the AFCCG. Remarkable.
- Of these 9 losses, 4 were road games, 3 were home games, and 2 were neutral site games.
- I don't know where to find the betting lines of these games, but I would argue that the "inferior" teams the Patriots lost to over these nine games were:
- 2007/08 loss to the Giants in the SB
- 2010/11 loss to the Jets in the divisional round
- 2011/12 loss to the Giants in the SB
- 2012/13 loss to the Ravens in the AFCCG
I do not consider losing at Denver to be losing to an inferior team. Same as in both 2013/14 and 2005/06. I think the Pats COULD have won all those games, but playing in Denver, against really good Bronco teams...well, it's tough to call those situations playing against inferior teams.
The two Giants losses were brutal, no other way around it. And the loss to the Jets was obviously the worst one of all.
As far as that 2012/13 loss to Baltimore goes...The Pats were the better team (I didn't consider NE to be better in 2009/10 because of the Welker injury). But losing Talib right off the bat made that a much harder game.