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'Sickening' loss in Miami drives Pats entering home opener (The Associated Press)

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- Bill Belichick doesn't need any extra incentive heading into this week's home opener against division rival Miami.

He made it clear that nothing - not even having to share the Patriots' facilities with a Bruce Springsteen concert - was distracting him from preparing for the Dolphins.

While Belichick acknowledged he had ''seen a few wild Springsteen concerts,'' his focus this week is only amplified by the performance of his team in last year's regular-season finale at Miami, which he called ''sickening.''

''I'm working on Miami. I don't do concerts, I don't do banners, I don't do parking, I don't do concessions,'' he said Wednesday.