FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Dutifully fulfilling his league-mandated obligation, Tom Brady stands at the podium wearing that diffusing smile of his and that Patriots ski cap with the beanie on top of it.

And, just like on Sundays when everyone wearing an opposing defensive uniform wants a piece of him, the Patriots quarterback never wavers.

Brady is as adept in his press conferences as he is in the pocket with hungry pass rushers nipping at his cleats.

Just like he does in the pocket — dissecting opposing defenses before throwing the ball to his receivers — there is an alarm clock inside Brady’s brain during his sessions with the press that tells him when to cut short his time with reporters.

That time these days usually hovers in the five- to seven-minute range.

And when that alarm goes off in his head, regardless of where Brady is in mid-conversation (and we use that term “conversation’’ loosely), he delivers his perfunctory “Thanks, guys’’ as he whisks himself away from the podium and back into the comfortable confines of the locker room.

This is all part of Brady’s so-called “Revenge Tour,’’ which is a direct result of the “Deflategate’’ allegations that threatened to tarnish his Hall of Fame legacy.

Brady would sooner admit that he’s a closet Jets fan than cop to being a scorned man. But that’s exactly what he is. And that anger actually has made him better, more dangerous. That smile always painted on his face in public settings is meant to mask his true feelings. Make no mistake: Brady is bent on unleashing controlled, calculated fury on his opponents.

The 4-1 Jets happen to be next up for Brady and the 5-0 Patriots on Sunday at Gillette Stadium, and the pregame noise is already reaching fever pitch. Jets defensive tackle Sheldon Richardson did some early stoking of the fire the other day when he said the Jets are “licking’’ their “chops’’ at the chance to knock off the Patriots.

“He’s run this division for awhile, so I’m kind of happy we get next,’’ Richardson said of Brady after the Jets’ win over the Redskins.

This is music to Brady’s ears, the cream and sugar for his morning coffee, the shot to go with his beer, the fuel for his fire that already is burning at a high temperature.

No player in the NFL faces more noise on a weekly basis than Brady. If it is not “Deflategate’’ and the barrage of questions about his alleged involvement, it is his supermodel wife, Gisele Bündchen, being photographed coming out of a doctor’s office after supposedly having a boob job.

In the lead-up to last week’s New England game in Indianapolis against the Colts, the team that outed the Patriots’ involvement in “Deflategate,’’ the noise centered around perceived Patriots revenge on the Colts and how they were going to score 60 points on them to make them pay for being nosey snitches.

All the while, Brady, with that smile and the ski cap with the beanie, never bit on the revenge angle, refusing to give any interviewer even a morsel to chew on.

The Patriots, for the record, did not stamp 60 on the Colts; they barely escaped with their fifth victory of the season.

The latest noise surrounding Brady — who has completed 70.6 percent of his passes this season for 1,699 yards, 14 touchdowns and a single interception (that bounced off Julian Edelman’s hands) — is how he will fare against the up-and-coming rival Jets and, more specifically, their cornerback Darrell Revis, who played with the Patriots last season.

“He’s got, obviously, an intimate knowledge of how we do things,’’ Brady said on his paid weekly radio spot on Monday of Revis, who has three interceptions and three fumble recoveries this season.

“There was a lot of competition in practice last year with him because he makes it tough,’’ Brady said Wednesday. “His instincts are incredible out there. He’s one of those guys that sees everything on the field. He’s been an incredible playmaker since he’s been in the league.

“I got a firsthand look at that last year every day in practice and it was a great having him … but he moved on. Now he’s our competition again.’’

Few love the competition and thrive on any controversy that comes with it more than Brady, who happens to be 20-5 in his career against the Jets in the regular season, including eight wins in the last 10 meetings.

So, as far as Brady is concerned, bring on the noise.

He’s already proven he can handle whatever controversy comes his way. And in fact, speaking on a conference call with New York reporters, the 38-year-old Brady indicated he has no desire to walk away from it anytime soon.

“I’d like to play a long time,’’ Brady said. “I want to play for a long time … maybe 10 more [years].’’