It's even more upsetting to hear McCarthy's take on the end of the game:
""First of all, the third down completion, you have to find out if it's first down or fourth down. So, it obviously takes time and the clock was running and I think it was 20 to 21. It got to a point, we were right at the point, if it was a first down that we would have clocked the play and we would have had a set play on second down. You know, it takes the referee time to, you know, make a decision. And it was a clear fourth and one, so you have to get up on the ball and take a shot at the end zone. I think it's a very clear situation and I think Matt operated it properly in a three-man rush and they sacked us. So, the mechanics of it, I thought, was very well done by Matt Flynn.
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There wasn't any question about the spot of the ball, or whether it was 4th down or 1st down. Flynn and the offensive line was milling around, looking to the sideline, and generally disorganized. They got 2 plays off in the final 29 sec.--the last one totally disorganized.
Blame the dropped interceptions we had on Brady, the poor special teams play at the end of the first half, the chaos at the end of the game. We played well enough to win, but failed again to finish a close game. It's a disturbing trend.