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'“That’s the biggest thing we need to show – that we’re calm,” Brown said. “We were looking spastic at times running out there and leaving guys wide open. At the goal line, letting them go free. There was stuff we can’t allow to happen. We understand what we have to do. We just have to go out and do it.”'

'“And he’s in phenomenal shape. This might be as good a shape as he’s been in. Maybe when you get up in age, you have to be in great shape. But he’s moving well and his accuracy is like crazy.”'

'Patriots 30, Bills 16.'

'“For me, I’m a Bills fan first and foremost, so it’s not much of a debate,” said Matt Sabuda, who spearheaded a fan alliance to keep the Bills in Buffalo and now does a weekly Bills analysis on WBFO-FM. “I think in this town, the Bills are king.”'

'For a team that was embarrassed by a Week 2 performance that was not only Shrek-level ugly, but mortifyingly record-breaking in its defensive ineptitude, there really shouldn't be much for the Bills to feel good about when it comes to playing the Patriots. New England has dominated Buffalo for the better part of 15 years the way no NFL team has ever dominated another, the beat downs more commonplace than right wing cracks about Obamacare.'

'Patriots 31, Bills 17.'

'And finally with Buffalo, again, like the Jets, made some sexy moves in the offseason, but I’m sorry. Tyrod Taylor does not scare the Patriots off the top of the ladder.'

'The only thing that matters to Tom Brady is winning. Winning everything. All 16 regulation games plus those in the postseason. Another Super Bowl. And, in the process, shutting up all those critics in the football world who actually think the amount of air in a football could be more of a difference-maker than his God-given talent and fierce competitiveness.'

'“He’s gashed a lot of teams,” defensive end Chandler Jones said. “I mean, you see him running the ball for a touchdown or big chunk plays, 20-yard gains, and you see him throwing the ball deep. Everyone just has to be sound for the most part, all 11 guys on the field. If they can be in their spots, then we’ll be fine.”''

'"Everybody is chasing the Patriots," he said. "I mean, right now they are undefeated; they are playing great. They've pretty much been playing lights out the last 10 years. … Obviously, you get tired of it. It is about time for us to go ahead and get some victories."'

'"I still feel the same how I felt then. I won't take nothing back from it," McKelvin said, recalling Buffalo's 2009 season-opening 25-24 loss. "The only thing I can say is what I said then, just hold on to the ball. No matter how many yards I get, just get down."'

'Again not counting that 2014 finale, Brady is 24-2 in his career as the Bills chief tormentor. New England has averaged 31 points in those 26 games and Brady has thrown for 61 touchdowns and 19 interceptions. The Bills have held Brady to 20 points or less just two times in the last 21 meetings. On the season, Brady is averaging 340 pass yards a game with 24 TD's and 3 INT's. He's thrown at least 2 TD passes in every game.'

'Although I expect the Bills to give the Patriots more of a game than they did in the early stages of their Week Two loss to New England, in the end, you just can’t go against Brady and his brilliant dominance this year and through recent history.'