“So many people saying how bad we were — everything possibly negative people could say, they were saying about us,” Wilfork said. “Our No. 1 job was to block out all the noise, ignore it, and just concentrate on what we need to do to get better. And that was our No. 1 goal, and that’s still our number one goal.

“Now you look back 11 weeks later and we’re one of the best teams in the league, so the same people that were saying we were the most terrible team in the league now are patting us on the back. We don’t have room for them. We don’t have room for bandwagoners, guys that just off the bandwagon when things get tough.”

via Phil Perry of Comcast SportsNet – CSNNE.com