"Eight games into the season, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and Chad Ochocinco still aren't on the same page. The mercurial receiver saw the most action he's seen this year, yet he finished with no catches on five targets from Brady.

Nonetheless, even after the 24-20 loss to the Giants at Gillette Stadium, Ochocinco was hopeful and upbeat, despite being down about the loss.

"It was fun, I enjoyed it," Ochocinco told the Herald in his first comments in more than a month. "That's about it. Everything is there. Everything is there.""