Hey all --

Despite the hard-to-swallow 38-34 loss New England suffered to Indianapolis in the AFC title game in January, and despite the fact that both teams are undefeated coming into Sunday's game at the RCA Dome, Bill Belichick -- outwardly, at least -- isn't treating this game any differently than the eight before it his team has played this season.

"It's the next game."

As much as we'd like to postpone the barrage of showdown talk for at least a day, it wasn't exactly possible given today's press conference with Belichick.

But there was some talk of Sunday's win over Washington, with Belichick praising everyone from his assistants to all 45 players that took the field against the Redskins and the scout team, saying they all played a big part in the victory.

Heck, Belichick couldn't even cite too much when asked what improvements he'd like his team to make coming off the Skins game, mentioning the four false starts the offense was flagged for and a slightly bogged down return game.

And the coach congratulated Terry Francona and the Red Sox for their "impressive" World Series win, calling their eight straight Series wins "awesome."

Eight straight wins? Belichick knows something about that....

shalise