Denver won. New England lost. All I'm saying is, New England was capable of winning that game. They had lots of opportunities and didn't take advantage. They made atypical mistakes. Saying they got "dominated", "shut down" or "handled" (all phrases I've seen attributed to the game) is just wrong.
I still think New England is the better team. They outgained Denver 420 to 286. They also had 5 turnovers (ie. they beat themselves), one of which was irrelevant (Lynch), one a total fluke (the kickoff fumble), and one which was just a stupid mistake that had the biggest influence in deciding the game (red zone INT). "A couple plays go differently" may be every fan's refrain, but that's irrelevant as far as I'm concerned, because it absolutely applies to that game. Brady doesn't make a stupid mistake in the red zone and it's in all likelyhood a tie game. Instead they got themselves down 14 in a matter of seconds and couldn't recover. Denver STILL might have won, I don't know, but I do know New England was in great shape before that INT. Call me a homer, whatever, I don't care, that's how the game played out.