FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Peppered with questions about the Indianapolis Colts' record and how he will motivate his team against a winless opponent, New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick adamantly suggested that records are irrelevant every week in the NFL.

"[The players have] heard me talk about it every week, so they really don't care about their record," Belichick said. "And we really don't. What difference does it make? How somebody played two weeks go against somebody else -- I mean, who cares? Us or anybody else. It doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is how we and the Colts perform against each on Sunday. That's all that matters. Who cares who won three weeks ago in some game with some other players? It doesn't matter.