Two Bills Drive

‘If it comes down to winning and making plays, it would be hard to argue against Flutie.’

‘The Bills’ pair of inside linebackers rank among the League’s elite in second-year pro Sam Cowart (weakside) and former-Illini John Holocek (strongside).’

‘Even though Flutie continues to deny he anonymously made negative comments about Johnson in a recent article in Sports Illustrated, Johnson doesn’t seem to buy it.’

‘I suggest to you as Americans, as Buffalonians, as people who care about great injustices in the free world, that before deciding on the less worthy and voting for his opponent, to visit NFL.com and pick a candidate who has made a better case and campaigned more diligently than anyone. Uncle Sam. Sam Cowart. He wants your vote.’

‘That’s my position to play on the defense and help the team win," Wright said. "It’s real encouraging that I can help the Buffalo Bills and contribute to those wins."’

‘Buffalo Bills offensive linesman Jamie Nails was arrested on a charge of driving while intoxicated early Monday, according to East Aurora police.’

‘"You play hard for four quarters and you don’t expect anything less," said Sam Cowart, Holecek’s partner at inside linebacker. "The offense was kind of sputtering a little bit in the second half and we knew we had to turn it up.’

"I don’t know if we’re a real good team that’s lost some close games or a real bad team that’s won four in the last second," Phillips said moments after the Bills snuck out of Foxboro Stadium with a 16-13 overtime win.

‘The Bears will get their first indication Wednesday morning. The Bills’ starting quarterback is scheduled to be on the weekly teleconference call.’

‘In review: Phillips said Johnson will "play" when he’s healthy but he wouldn’t say he’d "start."’

‘"If your character gets slammed in a national way, or even in a local way it wasn’t a performance thing at all, it was a character thing and that’s what really bugged me. It came from a teammate who wouldn’t put his name to it and that’s one of the worst things I’ve ever seen."’

‘Whenever and wherever there are two good QBs on a team, there more likely than not will be some jealousy, animosity and controversy. The alternative is to put all of your QB eggs in one basket.’

‘But credit to Troy Brown and the Pats return blockers and to Johnson and the rest of the Pats defense for keeping Our Doug in check for most of the game. Most of it! That was again the problem. There were good until they had to be.’

‘The Doug Flutie versus Rob Johnson quarterback controversy took another strange twist yesterday with both players agreeing Johnson should start if healthy while Buffalo Bills coach Wade Phillips said he would wait and see.’

‘"I was pretty ticked off, oh yeah," Johnson said on Monday, making his first statements to Buffalo-area reporters since the controversial Sports Illustrated article came out last week.’