Bill Belichick has said that beating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers completed a "good week" for the New England Patriots.

The AFC claimed a narrow 25-21 win over Greg Schiano's side, having spent the week sharing practices with the team.

The Patriots head coach told reporters: "I think [last night] was the end of a real good week for us. We had great practices against the Bucs and had a real competitive game here tonight – a lot of good situations came up.

"We got to play a lot of players. I thought we had a good effort, especially early, got off to a good start, got ahead in the game and played competitively all the way through.

"Like I said, it was a good week for us. We'll just turn the page here and head on to Detroit. This will be a little quicker turnaround for us. It will be another big week for us in training camp to get our team ready this year."

The Patriots are still to face the Detroit Lions and New York Giants ahead of the start of the regular season.