The patriots never lose to a scheme, they lose to talent at key positions. When we were giving them the shits every time we played them it was because our pass catchers and RBs were making plays and just beating the man across from them, boldin was going apeshit every time we played them, Pitta too, and to an extent Torrey. They didn’t have an answer for the likes of Terrell Suggs, haloti ngata, and pernell McPhee, they were beating the OL and crushing Brady and had him seeing ghosts, jimmy was shutting down his man, etc.
The only way to beat the patriots is to line up and play ball better than them. I don’t think it’s about inconsistency, it’s about matching up. And if you matchup well against the patriots you can match up poorly against 20 other teams and look inconsistent for that reason