10 of 'em. How do they stack up in terms of how painful the memory is, or how badly you wish you could go back and give them another shot? How inconsolable were you, not just that night but a week later?
Chronological order:
My rankings by descending pain / regret:
Chronological order:
- 2005: NE 13, @ DEN 27. a 4-turnover shitshow topped by a Champ Bailey 100-yard runback that should have been ruled a touchback after Ben Watson pulled a Don Beebe.
- 2006: NE 34, @ IND 38. We were up 21-6 at half, with Finland waiting in the gold medal match.
- 2007: I think we forfeited or something, because I can't recall a damn thing about this game
- 2009: @ NE 14, BAL 33. 83-yard kickoff return for a TD to start the game off on a high note. Got worse from there.
- 2010: @ NE 21, NYJ 28. Got Rexed by a team we'd beaten 45-3 a few weeks prior. Patriots were 14-2 with a 15.4 SRS, 2nd in the Brady era
- 2011: NE 17, NYG 21. We were up 17-15 for all of the 4th quarter, except the part that matters.
- 2012: @NE 13, BAL 28. Led 13-7 at half, got Flacco'd in the 2nd half as we turned it over thrice.
- 2013: NE 16, @ DEN 26. Never really got anything going; failure at a 2PC to bring it within 8 with 3' remaining kinda encapsulated the season
- 2015: NE 18, @ DEN 20. Failed a 2PC to Gronk to tie the game on the last play. Would have won if we'd taken a FG 3 times in the 4Q when offered.
- 2017: NE 33, PHI 41. We couldn't stop them. But they couldn't stop Brady, either... until they finally did.
My rankings by descending pain / regret:
- 2007 (nothing need be said)
- 2006 - pissed it away, handed Peyton a ring
- 2011 - yeah we probably lost to the better team, but not only was a title right there for the taking, so was vengeance
- 2010 - replay that game 10x and I bet we win 9
- 2015 - this is the only game of the Belichick era that I kinda, even a little, hold against the coach
- 2017 - made way too many Philly sports fans happy. and probably the closest game of the lot, the most believable that we could easily win a replay
- 2012 - at home, in the AFCCG, to the fucking Ravens. Thank god we ripped their hearts out and ate it still beating two years later.
- 2013 - I think we win 30% of replays, and certainly show better than we did
- 2005 - the gods were against us that year and that day, but at least had our day in the sun
- 2009 - yeah, we weren't ever winning shit that year