Pats drives...
First drive - 3 plays, 77 yards, TD
Second drive - 5 plays, 32 yards, punt. Edelman with a huge drop on a pass that would have taken NE inside the Pit 35. Drive-killer.
Third drive - 5 plays, 22 yards, punt. Michel with a 25 yard run to the Pit 31 negated by a questionable holding penalty on Trent Brown. Drive-killer.
Fourth drive - 3 plays, 5 yards, punt. White with the drop on a pass that probably doesn't get them the first down anyway.
Fifth drive - 6 plays, 21 yards, punt. On 2nd and 4, Cannon with a false start. Edelman drops a deep pass that would have been for about a 30-yard gain, but he was clearly interfered with and no call. Patterson gets the first down on a great effort on third down but the refs overturn it - first time "down by his shin" is ever uttered in NFL history.
Sixth drive - 4 plays, 17 yards, punt. On 3rd and 6, Gordon drops a sure first down pass, right in his mitts.
Seventh drive - 13 plays, 63 yards, FG. Two penalties force them into a 1st and 20. 17-yard completion negated by an illegal formation penalty. Converted thanks to a DPI penalty on Haden on third down. 3rd and 4 from the Pit 13, they run an ill-advised pass short of the sticks and come up a yard short. Could possibly go for it, instead they kick a field goal. Crazy false start penalty on Ryan Allen the holder on a field goal attempt. Never ever seen that before in 45+ years of watching the NFL.
Eight drive - 8 plays, 43 yards, INT. Driving smartly. Brown with another false start makes a 2nd and 8 a much more difficult 2nd and 13. Gronk with a great effort (that's GRONK!) for the first down. First and goal from the 5. Questionable holding penalty pushes them back creating a 1st and goal from the 15. Brady pressured and tries to throw it away and Haden makes, frankly, an incredible interception with Gronk trying to separate the ball from him.
Ninth drive - 10 plays, 54 yards, Downs. Thuney with a false start. Pats driving well. Managing the clock beautifully. On 2nd and 5, Mason with a questionable holding penalty (I mean, he did it but my god that's an "every single down in the NFL" kind of penalty). Makes it 2nd and 15 and two essentially "hail mary's" don't work and the Pats lose.
Nine possessions. One for a TD, another for a FG. One plain old three-and-out. And on the other six, the drives were killed either by bad penalties or horrible drops.