CINCINNATI — If there is anything Cincinnati Bengals players like less than having to talk about a loss, it’s being questioned about their upcoming opponent’s latest loss.

Especially when that opponent happens to be a perennial playoff power, which just got blown out 41-14 on national television, as the New England Patriots did Monday night in Kansas City.

“I couldn’t care less about how they looked last week,” Bengals defensive end Wallace Gilberry said. “You can see in this league that teams get beat by 10, 15 points and then come back and blow another team out. We don’t want that to happen. We’re not going to underestimate them nor buy into what happened last week.”

The Patriots are just 2-2 after Monday’s loss and rank 29th in total offense and 30th in passing offense. Quarterback Tom Brady has yet to throw for 250 yards in a game and twice failed to break 200.

Even with Brady’s slow start Bengals cornerback Adam Jones said they are still the Patriots.

“You know they’re going to play better than they played last week,” Jones said of his team’s upcoming matchup with the Patriots on Sunday night. “Bill Belichick is a great coach, so I’m quite sure they’re not going to play the way they played last week. And being who we are, we’re going to get everyone’s best shot right now. We just have to go in and play Bengals football and not try to play out of character and we’ll be all right.”

The Bengals haven’t won in Foxborough since 1986, losing five straight there. And New England boasts the best home winning percentage in the NFL over the last 10 years at .850.

“I know after Monday night they’re all going to be ready to go Sunday,” Bengals defensive tackle Domata Peko said. “Belichick doesn’t like losing one. I’m pretty sure he doesn’t want to lose two in a row. I know they’ll be on their horses. They’ll be ready to go. We just have to worry about us. We’ll be ready for them.”

Despite being 3-0 and leading the league in fewest points allowed per game (11.0), fewest sacks allowed (0) and turnover margin (plus-seven), the Bengals also have some ugly numbers they would like to reverse.

Since quarterback Andy Dalton and wide receiver A.J. Green arrived in 2011, Cincinnati has struggled on big stages, going 2-7 in primetime and playoff games.

“Some people keep saying we haven’t played well in night games, primetime, whatever it is, but we’re setting out to win this game,” Dalton said. “We’re not worried about the past and what we’ve done here, it’s about what we’re doing now. So we’re excited about getting the opportunity to play Sunday night against a good team, and to really show what this team is made of.”

Cincinnati is just 3-12 in Sunday night games, including 1-8 on the road. The chance to prove to a national audience this is a different Bengals team is something the players are relishing.

“We love primetime games, man,” Peko said. “It’s a good chance for us to go out there and put it on tape and show the whole nation this Cincinnati team is real and it starts this Sunday at 8 o’clock, so we can’t wait.”

The last time the Bengals won a Sunday night game on the road was 1992, beating the Chicago Bears 31-28 in overtime.

In an attempt to prepare for a primetime game, Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis moved back practice three hours Wednesday and Thursday and two hours Friday.

“I don’t care if we’re playing at 8:30 or midnight at Fenway, we’re going to play football and this is the team we’ve got to beat,” Bengals defensive coordinator Paul Guenther said. “That’s the attitude I’ve taken with the players.”