I don't agree with the move, but I do laugh out loud at the scrutiny this guy gets. Everyone waits for him to do just anything and as soon as he does they jizz all over themselves before they can yell "Belicheat!"
99.99% chance the Patriots don't come back to win, but you should still leave your guys out there to try and make some sort of momentum push. I don't know whether he cried foul or just felt like it was an unworthy cause at that point to play his guys, but either way it doesn't matter he can do what he wants to do he's an NFL coach. How far down the "I hate BB" checklist do you have to go to criticize him for his substitution philosophies?
That said, the way the Patriots played last night, they deserved to have the starters pulled in the third quarter. Brady was horrific, Moss was horrific, and the entire defense sucked complete balls.