Not a Pats fan, but I didn't mind this game and idk what the uproar is for. Not sure why everyone was expecting a barn burner without any possibility of a low scoring game. If nothing else, credit both defenses, especially Wade Phillips and the Rams defense for playing the game of their lives, getting key 3rd down stops and holding the Pats to under 14.
I agree McVay could've possibly called a better game, Goff was less than spectacular, and the offense stalled. But even with those factors the Rams still drew up and executed several perfect plays they nearly scored on, and they only failed because of incredible plays made by the Pats secondary. If Jason McCourty doesn't pull off his man and pick up the deep middle zone, Cooks scores on that busted coverage in the 3Q. And Gilmore and Harmon breaking up the deep shot to Cooks late in the 4Q, again, how is that on Goff or the Rams at all? Cooks nearly brought the ball in too, they just made a great play. If they score on either of those it's a totally different ballgame. All the success the Pats had on offense doesn't mean anything when they only scored one TD, they still left the door open for LA with their own miscues.
The losing team in the SB doesn't need to score four times or have 500 passing yards a la Brady last year for it to not be a boring game. Feel free to disagree, but last night was far from a snooze and if that's how you feel, your expectations are heavily swayed toward what makes a good spectator sport, not a good football game.