• Today’s game pits the two NFL coaches with the longest tenures with the same team in New England’s Bill Belichick (14 seasons) and Cincinnati’s Marvin Lewis (11).
• New England has won 13 of past 14 regular-season games and six in a row on the road.
• Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has a touchdown pass in 52 consecutive games, which is the second-longest streak in NFL history (Drew Brees, 54). And with 341 career TD passes, Brady needs two more to pass Fran Tarkenton for fourth most in NFL history.
• In his last three games, New England cornerback Aqib Talib has four interceptions and a forced fumble. He recorded an interception in his only other game at Paul Brown Stadium as a member of the Tampa Bay Buccanneers in 2010.
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