Boss Michael Carrick is confident his Middlesbrough squad can rediscover form and pull away from the bottom of the Championship after a winless start.
After losing to Coventry in the play-offs last season, Boro have drawn one and lost four of their opening five games in the second tier this term.
Blackburn are their next opponents at Ewood Park on Saturday.
"We understand the league position, there's no denying that," Carrick told BBC Radio Tees.
"But we're not getting too carried away by the whole thing.