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Updated Dec 11, 2009 2:21 AM ET
     
 
--The Patriots are looking to continue their recent dominance of the NFC at home. Since 2001, the Patriots are 30-5 against NFC foes (.857 winning percentage). Including the playoffs, they are 33-6.

The Patriots are 2-1 against NFC opponents in 2009 and are 21-14 against the NFC South overall.

--Since Gillette Stadium opened in 2002, the Patriots have not been kind to first-time visitors. They're 26-4 overall against teams playing at Gillette for the first time, including a 22-1 mark in the last 23 games. They've also won 10 in a row against first-time visitors dating back to 2005.

--For the first time in his career, Tom Brady completed three passes of 50 yards or more last weekend against Miami. The passes included a 58-yard completion to Wes Welker, a 58-yard touchdown to Randy Moss and an 81-yard touchdown to Sam Aiken.

--Moss cracked the 1,000-yard mark last weekend in Miami, becoming just the second player in NFL history with 10 seasons of 1,000 yards or more, joining Jerry Rice. Moss reached the plateau on a 58-yard touchdown catch and now has 1,058 yards this season.

Moss is chasing Rice in another category, this one for touchdowns of 50 or more yards. He now has 28 TDs of 50+ yards for his career, which pushed him past Lance Alworth on the NFL's all-time list. Rice leads the pack with 36 touchdowns of 50 yards or more.

--Welker finished Sunday's game with 10 catches for 167 yards, which was the ninth game of his career with 10 or more receptions and his fifth this season.

The record for most games with 10-plus receptions in a season is seven, set by Andre Johnson in 2008.

--Few players in the locker room disagreed with Brady's comments that the team doesn't fight hard enough at times when trailing in games.

"We all know that or felt it," running back Sammy Morris said. "I think him saying it kind of puts a little more emphasis on it. ... I think we're all on the same page and realize that we have a lot of things we need to correct and work on."

BY THE NUMBERS: 3 -- The number of 300-yard passing games Tom Brady needs to tie the single-season record of 10 shared by Rich Gannon (2002) and Drew Brees (2008).

QUOTE TO NOTE: "Anything that happens with discipline on the team will stay between me and the players." -- Head coach Bill Belichick on the report that he sent four players home Wednesday for arriving late to practice.
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