Two Bills Drive

‘”The thing that I noticed as you watch the film is that they picked up the tempo a little bit and we didn’t match that tempo,” Edwards said this afternoon. “We didn’t match their tempo.”‘

‘"A lot of people think this is a video game. It isn’t. Every week there is a matchup and there are human elements into every single game. Sometimes guys are just better at certain techniques and certain schemes. There aren’t any magic schemes in the league anymore with certain teams playing more of a certain front or more teams in the box. Our guys (vs. the Jets) were not losing very much on the line of scrimmage in the run front. I think it was our top performance this year as far as knockdowns in the run game. I think we had 40 plus times where we got our guys on the ground. As a defense you don’t want to be on the ground very often and our offensive line took them to the ground."’

‘Dick’s Sporting Goods will give youngsters from the Salvation Army, Big Brothers Big Sisters and Seneca Nation $100 to spend at their store. Each will be paired up with a Bills player who will help them shop.’

”’Not a drawback. This is the hand that we were dealt,” Adams said, referring to a season that might be over too soon. ”As men, we accept it and go out and do something about it. We don’t have to say, ‘We could’ve been.’ We have to say, ‘Look, these next three games, this is what we’re going to be.””

‘Buffalo’s 17-6 stifling of the New York Jets may not have thrilled the casual fan who needs a long pass every other series and a minimum of two touchdowns per hour to enjoy the game. But for anyone who likes to see a team execute the basic fundamentals of winning football, it was a thing of beauty.’

‘This performance was exactly what Bills fans’ had expected after Buffalo’s 2-0 start. Instead, there were seven losses in nine games, including a protracted streak of nearly three full games without a touchdown.’

‘A year after winning the AFC East with a late-season run, the Jets will have to settle for playing out the regular season with nothing at stake (for them) except pride.’

‘The crowd of 72,791 featured only 1,176 no-shows, despite temperatures in the low 20s and wind-chill in the low teens.’

‘The way the Buffalo Bills running back tore through the New York Jets’ defense, it looked like he possessed superhuman powers. Call him the Teflon Torpedo. If he wasn’t running straight through Jets tacklers like a Human Anvil, he was sliding off them as if his entire body was coated with a non-stick surface.’

‘”It’s very frustrating when you take pride in stopping the run and in November and December teams begin to run the football more,” said Jets linebacker Mo Lewis. “We knew what they were doing, but we made mistakes and did not get the job done.”‘

‘”The offense did a good job of putting us in a situation where (the Jets) had to throw the ball,” said Schobel, who followed last week’s three-sack day with one sack and a load of pressures Sunday. “We blitzed them. We got after them. It was fun out there.”‘

‘”It’s the biggest misconception of a big man, especially after you get up in your years,” Takeo Spikes said. “He has a lot of gas left in the tank. A lot of times, he may not make the tackle, but he will make the play. Only people who watch football and study football will see that. His name might not be on the stat sheet, but he created the whole thing.”‘

‘”It hasn’t been easy not playing,” Sullivan said. “It has been a little frustrating because you feel like you can help the team in some capacity. Those are the cards that were dealt to me, so I had to take it. But I didn’t have to accept it, though. All I did all season was to prepare myself mentally every week as if I was starting. When my opportunity came today I just wanted to make the most of it.”‘

‘”Our season isn’t done yet. We might be on life support, but we haven’t flat-lined.”‘

‘”And when we play total defense, the offense puts points up and the special teams are solid, we’re a dominant team. That’s what makes the situation we’re in so disappointing. This team is so much better than what our record shows.”‘