FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- After shockingly squandering an opportunity to secure a first-round playoff bye, with some players acknowledging the overall feeling they were sleepwalking through a Week 17 loss, New England Patriots players worked to quickly shift their mindset leading into Saturday night's AFC wild-card playoff game against the Tennessee Titans (8:15 p.m. ET, CBS).
Linebacker Kyle Van Noy, in particular, highlighted a creative silver lining.
"We have a chance to go on a Revenge Tour, and what better way to start off than with Tennessee, who we lost to last year," Van Noy said, calling it a "big motivation.