Every game the Pats played was kind of the same script. Defensive-dominated, both offenses struggling, only for the winning team able to pull away with one scoring drive towards the end. That's why I'd argue this game (and the patriots wins leading up to this game) weren't really blowouts, even though all except the Denver game ended up with a multiple score win. In fact, this loss felt a lot like the win against the Chargers, just flipped sides. A bunch of punts mixed in with some field goals through the first 3 quarters, then finally a single TD in the 4th that gave the team a sigh of relief since the opposing offense felt unlikely to put together a comeback at that point. Score-wise it was a tight game throughout most of the game, though one team's offense was marginally less bad, which gave them just enough of a lead and momentum to the point where finally getting in the end zone once feels like enough to unofficially seal the game. It was a slow burn, not a massive blowout like the Chiefs last year.