FOXBOROUGH -- It’s hard to argue with the roll the Patriots are on: a five-game winning streak in which they’ve scored 29, 45, 37, 59, and 49 points, an average of 43.8 per game. The team boasts the league’s top-rated offense, and also leads in turnover margin.

All of those are positive marks 11 games into a 16-game season. But to hear quarterback Tom Brady tell it, those numbers don’t mean a thing.