Mike Vrabel didn’t want to hear about the stats, records, or the Bengals’ presumed weaknesses after his team left Paycor Stadium with a 26-20 victory.
“That’s what happens in this league,” Vrabel said after New England’s ninth-straight victory. “You need everybody. You go through the season, you go on the road, and it’s tough. I know everybody wants to talk about numbers and records. That doesn’t mean [expletive].”
Regardless of what transpired in what was a rock fight between New England and Cincinnati on Sunday afternoon, the Patriots will welcome a victory — even with the optics drawn from an adversity-filled bout in Ohio.