This has been dissected in another thread.
What you're asking for is an extra 26 seconds off the clock. Do you think that would have been the difference?
Also, the players and coaches (rightly, IMO) approached that drive with scoring being the primary objective, NOT milking the clock. Given how they executed, however, even if the latter would have been the goal, it would have resulted in 26 less seconds for the Patriots. So I go back to the question above: do you still think that would have been a difference?