What did the Pats O do different in the 2nd half? The TE's were so wide open I can't figure out why they weren't doing the same thing in the 1st half.
I'm interested to look at this later, but I think a lot of this turned on a handful of plays. Almost every scoring drive had a play that netted about half the drive's yardage on one play, and most of the failed drives had a penalty or negative play that put the O in a tough position. They were not really successful yesterday with the standard quick-passing, move the chains O; the good drives were keyed by chunk plays:
Drive 1 (47-yard, FG): 32-yard pass to Gronk on 3rd-and-9
Drive 2 (33-yard, punt): Offensive holding put O in 1st-and-20
Drive 3 (15-yard, punt): Sack put O in 3rd-and-12
Drive 4 (75-yard, TD): 39-yard pass to Hogan, also got illegal contact on 3rd-and-18
Drive 5 (17-yard, punt): penalty put O in 2nd-and-17, sack put O in 3rd-and-22
Drive 6 (68-yard, TD): 38-yard pass to Gronk on 3rd-and-8
Drive 7 (53-yard, TD): 38-yard pass to Gronk
Drive 8 (62-yard, FG): 29-yard pass to Gronk, also got the holding call on 3rd-and-12
Drive 9 (50-yard, TD): 13-yard pass to Edelman on 3rd-and-5 with an 8-yard facemask PF tagged on
Maybe they were doing something different in the second half strategically, but it might have just been hitting on a handful of plays they didn't early.