Tom Brady has said that the week following a loss in the NFL is always a long one.

Brady's New England Patriots lost to the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.

The quarterback told reporters: "When you lose, it sucks. There's no question about it. It's not fun for anybody.

"It makes for a long week. It makes for long seasons when you lose. But part of the mental toughness that we need to have is to be able to move on and understand why we lost the game and why we win games and what we need to do better the next week.

"We had a pretty good streak there going of wins and it feels pretty good when you're on those winning streaks, and then when you lose, it feel like you haven't won a game in three years."

The Patriots, who have already won their division, face the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.