Unbeaten Patriots Pillage Bengals in Cincinnati

Patriots 34, Bengals 13

Randy Moss celebrates with teammate Donte Stallworth on Monday night after catching his second touchdown pass of the night in the fourth quarter. (Al Behrman - AP)

CINCINNATI -- Tom Brady had three more touchdown passes. Sammy Morris had one of his best games. The New England defense had its way.

Expect anything less? The Patriots don't.

The Patriots remained one of the NFL's four unbeaten teams Monday night -- and, so far, the best of the bunch -- by beating the Cincinnati Bengals 34-13 with a performance that showed their versatility.

They've only just begun.

"I think we're doing more as an offense," said Morris, who ran for 117 yards -- the second-best total of his career -- and a touchdown. "We just want to keep it going."

New England (4-0) is off to its best start since 2004, when it won the Super Bowl for the third time in four years. An offense energized by the addition of receivers Randy Moss, Donte' Stallworth and Wes Welker showed it can grind it out, too.

Especially against a team like the Bengals (1-3), who had trouble just getting a defense on the field -- and counting to 11 while they were at it.

Cincinnati's performance was so maddening that coach Marvin Lewis screamed at his players in the locker room for several minutes.

"If you don't want to be on this team, please don't show up!" Lewis said, yelling so loud that reporters outside could hear. "You don't call the offense, you don't call the plays. You just play.

"Nowhere in the NFL do guys act like this. We've got to figure this out."

There was plenty to get him screaming mad.

Cincinnati was missing middle linebackers Ahmad Brooks and Caleb Miller, leaving a big hole in one of the league's worst defenses. When Lemar Marshall hurt an Achilles' tendon in the first quarter, the Bengals moved rookie safety Chinedum Ndukwe into a linebacker's spot.