This is unfamiliar territory for the first-year head coach. He's a three-time Super Bowl champion and a two-time BCS National Champion. Judge has not been a part of a .500 team as a coach since he was a linebackers coach with Birmingham-Southern College in 2008.

But Judge doesn't think the vibe in other NFL front offices, even those that are 3-0, is much different.

"I've been on teams that are 5-0, 6-0, 7-0, 10-0, and I'm telling you right now, it's the same feeling in every building across the league right now. All they're thinking about is things you have to improve on, things you have to work on," Judge said.

Judge added that not every hot start equaled a successful finish, just like an ugly beginning did not lead to a bad season.

"I’ll tell you right now, those years we started off with a lot of wins, we didn’t always finish those years as successful as the years we started off pretty rough.

"Sometimes early on, you really get a vision of what you are and your identity by how you have to correct your mistakes and what you have to learn from. ... You have to make sure you kind of bring it back into perspective and understand it’s a day by day process as a team, and you’re all you got. ... But we’re going to try to keep it simple for our players that we can improve on a weekly basis and keep moving forward," said Judge.

Judge noted that successful locker rooms could sometimes be "doom and gloom," but he does not feel that's the case in East Rutherford.

"I think we’re fine. I think the emphasis has to be for our guys on moving forward and executing, and that’s the biggest thing," he said. "We have to be better teachers and coaches, and we have to execute better on the field for 60 minutes. That’s really it."

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