The New England Patriots battles the Cincinnati Bengals this Sunday night on October 5 at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts.

Last week, the Patriots (2-2) suffered a brutal loss to the Kanas City Chiefs by a score of 41-14, a match where Tom Brady had one of the worst performances of his legendary career. Now, the Pats are looking to bounce back in their upcoming game against the Bengals.

"There is no magic play, there's no magic scheme, it is us as players playing better -- a lot better than we're playing," said Brady to radio station WEEI 93.7 FM in Boston in reference to being taken out of Sunday's game in the last quarter by his longtime head coach Bill Belichick (in favor of rookie QB Jimmy Garoppolo).

"I just do what I'm told ...We were getting our butts kicked. So it was a situation where we didn't have a good game, and that's what Coach [Belichick] wanted us to do and that's what we did."

Coach Belichick made the following statement regarding their upcoming opponent after he was asked whether or not the 37-year-old Super Bowl Champion QB (Brady) is finally past his prime.

"We are on to Cincinnati. There's nothing about the past, nothing about the future. Right now we are preparing for Cincinnati," said Belichick to reporters, "They [The Bengals] have a lot of good players. They're well-coached. They're tough, they're physical, they're explosive. It's been a while since I've seen a team that's as complete as they are."

Meanwhile, the undefeated Bengals (3-0) are looking to win their fourth straight game, after Cincinnati's recent 33-7 victory versus the Tennessee Titans on September 21 prior to their (Cincinnati) bye week.

"At the end of the day, you're not going against the quarterback, but everybody is going to compare you to the other quarterback," said Bengals QB Andy Dalton to reporters, "Anytime you can win against guys like that, it's big. It shows what this team is capable of doing. I've got a lot of confidence. You go into those games expecting to win."

Dalton's teammate Andre Whitworth echoes his sentiments concerning their impressive wins versus tough opponents such as the Ravens and Falcons so far this year.

"Over the last couple of years we've been winning the games like that, the ones we're supposed to win," said Whitworth to reporters.

"It's more the big games we haven't shown up as well. We started our year (versus Baltimore) and we did show. That was taking another step and we have to be ready to take another step in New England."

The upcoming game will start at 8:30 pm ET and can be watched on TV via the NBC network.