See? That's the thing. there no one thing you can put your finger on and say that's what makes them go. Theres the coaching, theres the depth (who even notice richard seymour being out?), there theQB play, theres the defense, and finally there the special teams play with Vinny and Troy Brown.
You can't sit down as a coordinator and say, "okay we wil shutdown the pass and make em beat us another way." They are just too complete a team for someone to shutdown every aspect of thier game. Thier "game" is a "complete team game."
Thatswhy they are so good. If you wanna beat the Pats, you gotta start by not being yourself, only then can you start thinking about beating them...