It was also such an important game in terms of getting over the proverbial hump. After the Scottish Game, they got destroyed in 2009; laid an egg in 2010; came thisclose again in 2011; got beat by better (or healthier) teams in 2012 and 2013. Then it was the Ravens again, who had beaten them in 2009 and 2012 and almost in 2011. During that era / stretch, it always felt like Brady was trying a bit too hard, pressing a little bit - each year that went by they were further and further removed from their last title. He didn't play his best in the playoffs during those years. He had a couple awesome games - divisional wins against the Texans and Broncos come to mind - but he was off, generally speaking, in a lot of those games. So of course it was the Ravens who came to town, and went up 14-0 in the blink of an eye. At that point the vast majority of Pats Nation was all "here we go again". The Pats rallied, got it tied... then Brady throws a killer pick and the Ravens (benefiting from a semi-bogus PI call on Revis) score before the half, and score immediately after the half, and the Pats are down 14 points... again. That of course is when they called "Baltimore" and Raven, followed by the double pass, and the rest as they say is history. But it was that game that had me believing that they would finally win another title. Of course the Kearse catch flipped me back 180 degrees to not believing, but thankfully that feeling only lasted what, like 3 minutes in real time.