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‘“Because each year, that year in the league, it’s a new team,” he told me while standing in front of his locker Wednesday as the Bills get ready to face the Jaguars in the AFC Wild Card game Sunday in Jacksonville. “You learn so much about these guys, and coming here and kind of going through the transition that I did and kind of being frustrated at the beginning – not with the team – but just with the whole free agency thing, and it’s just a blessing in disguise, it really is, coming here and learning a lot about these guys.”‘

‘If LeSean McCoy isn’t able to go on Sunday, we could likely see Aaron Green activated to the active roster and dressed for the game. With Travaris Cadet on injured reserve, just Marcus Murphy and Mike Tolbert remain at running back.’

‘Gaine had interviewed with the Bills for their GM job last offseason, which eventually went to Brandon Beane. He had also interviewed with the Eagles, Bears, Jets, and 49ers for GM openings in the past. Gaine has nineteen years of personnel experience in the NFL.’

‘Streater had a heck of a training camp, and many believed he was one of, if not, the most consistent receiver in camp. At the time, Streater provided vertical speed the Bills didn’t have. Deonte Thompson now fills that role, but Streater could give some depth to that spot down the line.’

‘On watching the Ravens lose, after beating Miami: “I think it was a neat environment to be a part of with our team. Being able to watch the final moments of the Bengals game knowing how important that was for us to get in and needing that game. And then just to experience the reception we got when we came home.”‘

‘On playing against his former coach Doug Marrone: “I don’t think we need any extra incentive this week. The passion will come regardless of the circumstances. So many on our team have no affiliation to Doug Marrone.”‘

‘I’m not sure the Bills are any better a team than they’ve been the last three seasons. Their final point differential of minus-57 is their worst since 2012; from 2014-2016 the Bills were always in the positives. By point differential the Bills are one of the worst-ever playoff teams. However, teams at the “top” of that list happened to win their first playoff games. The 2010 Seahawks were a minus-92, and the 2011 Broncos were a minus-81. Both won weak divisions to get in, and both won first-round games at home.’

‘The Bills defense got in on the scoring with 6 minutes to go in the 4th. As Jarvis Landry reched for the goalline, he fumbled the ball. Preston Brown picked it up, and went 99 yards for the touchdown, making it 29-3. But. The play was reviewed and it was determined that Landry was out of bounds before the ball came out. Landry scored on the next play, and head butted Jordan Poyer sparking a brawl. Every flag and hat from the refs were on the field. Kenyan Drake got tossed for throwing a Bills helmet as far as he could, while Landry was also ejected from the game. Multpile personal fouls resulted from the play.’

‘Did I mention that the drought is dead?’

‘It took me about two hours before I could start writing my reaction column. I had so many different thoughts colliding in my head. I haven’t felt this way in so long and I just tried to put everything down on paper so I knew how to express what I was feeling. I think I’m still somewhat in a state of shock because of how things played out with the drama in Baltimore. I can honestly tell you the fact that the Bills have a playoff game in Jacksonville on Sunday hasn’t really sunk in yet. We will be talking about a Bills playoff game rather than the extension of the drought. This is truly amazing. Its been so long since the Bills have been in the post season, I’m finding it hard to remember what it was/is like.’

‘Not only is Williams going to the playoffs for the first time in his thirteen year career, all with the Bills, he added an exclamation point to what might have been his final regular season game when he scored a touchdown on a handoff from the one yard line. The unquestioned emotional leader of the team also finished with three tackles and a QB hurry on defense.’

QB Tyrod Taylor has 9 pass TDs vs. 0 INTs for 115.6 rating & has 2 rush TDs in 5 career games vs. Mia. In past 7 on road vs. division, has 1,701 pass yards (243 per game) with 8 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 95.6 rating. Since 2015, is 1 of 3NFL QBs (Kirk Cousins & Cam Newton) with 50+ pass TDs (50) & 12+ rush TDs (14).’

‘Elston suited up for 13 games for Buffalo this season, with 18 tackles and one interception this season.’

‘“We’re going to talk about it, just in terms of like I talked about here, big picture perspective,” he said. “Hey, let’s state the obvious. I’m not going to ignore it, and then we’ll move forward and talk about our fundamentals and our mindset and us growing as a football team, just like we do every week, really.”’

‘”Replay was developed by this league to correct obvious mistakes. If you’ve got to look at a play 30 times from 5 different angles and keep looking at it… you go with the call on the field. It’s what the league’s been doing ever since replay started… I don’t know what’s going on, but we have to fix it. And I’m not saying that as the owner of the Bills, I’m saying it as a football fan. We can’t have stuff like this happening in our league.”‘