We still feel like we have so much left to prove. We have yet to play our best football game as a team, as a defense,” said linebacker Robert Spillane.

The Patriots continue to win, and continue to sack their most ardent critics en route to becoming legitimate Super Bowl contenders.

Mike Vrabel uttered a key phrase multiple times on Sunday, and it powered one of New England's biggest wins of the season, the same way it powered the franchise's roster revamp the past two years.

Vrabel was asked about a report that his old employers in Tennessee might be unwilling to make deals with the Patriots.

There wasn't much post-trade deadline talk Wednesday or any playoff positioning. Just Vrabel keeping the focus on the next game.