BY ROBERT LEE
Journal Sports Writer

FOXBORO -- The Patriots are a team that pride themselves on overcoming adversity.

Losing veteran quarterback Tom Brady is just the latest adversity that the Patriots will have to overcome.

They have vowed that losing Brady will not derail their season.

"We've been in this situation before," Patriots safety Rodney Harrison said. "It's nothing new to us. We've been in this situation where everyone said, `[we] are going to win X amount of games,' or, `now [we] don't have a chance,' but it really doesn't matter what the outsiders say.

"It's all about what we believe in this locker room and the way you do it is you work hard, you prepare and you go out there and prove it on Sundays. When people say you don't have a chance, that's OK, we'll see what happens on Sunday."