not getting a single turnover, knile's fumble, and not scoring a single point when we got the ball on NE's 35 yard line were all much more detrimental.
if anything, going from down 2 TD's with 5 mins to go, to having a chance to recover an onside kick with 3 TO's left is good clock management. the problem is being down 2 TD's with 5 mins to go.