Two Bills Drive

‘”They came at us and we couldn’t get any plays,” said Bledsoe, who connected on 17 of 34 passes for only 104 yards and had only one completion of more than 15 yards. The Bills (4-5) entered the game needing a victory to stay in the playoff hunt.’

‘Bledsoe never looked worse than he did going against Parcells. Is it just a coincidence, too, that Bledsoe never looked better than when he played for Parcells?’

‘Sunday’s victory marked the third time in the past four games the Cowboys have defeated a team coming off a bye.’

‘The defense forced three fumbles, recovered two and allowed Buffalo to gain only two yards total offense in the fourth quarter. Two yards — as in one yard passing and one yard rushing.’

‘Buffalo was held to just 19 percent on third-down conversions (3 of 16).’

‘The Cowboys didn’t let Buffalo running back Travis Henry break any long runs. They didn’t let Bills quarterback Drew Bledsoe get hot in the passing game. Bledsoe managed only 104 yards passing while Henry gained only 80 yards rushing.’

‘Buffalo Bills running back Travis Henry came into Sunday’s game with the Dallas Cowboys trying to become the first Bills back since Thurman Thomas in 1994 to have three consecutive 100-yard rushing games. Henry wasn’t even close.’

‘”It’s pretty tough to win but we fought clear to the bitter end. We weren’t precise enough even at the end to be able to pull out some type of a thing in the last gasp. They were able to kneel on it and we couldn’t get it back.”‘

‘”They came out (and blitzed). Especially in the second half, they were just going to come after us and blitzed us. When they are going to blitz and play man coverage we must make one play for a big play against their man coverage and we weren’t able to get that done.”‘

‘”It was troubling because we didn’t make plays when they were there. We knew they were going to come in and blitz. We knew they were going to try to take advantage and get pressure on Drew Bledsoe. It’s troubling we don’t make plays when they come back to your quarterback. We can’t have that if we want to be a good football team especially on the road.”‘

‘”It’s tough. We’re all professionals. When (the offense) turns the ball over we should (hold) them to a field goal. We didn’t do that. It’s tough to go out there and lose like that.”‘

‘”It’s frustrating. You have to score on those opportunities and take advantage of them. When you get in the red zone you want to score touchdowns. Field goals are good but touchdowns are of course much better.”‘

‘The Cowboys suffocated Buffalo’s passing game, putting enormous pressure on quarterback Drew Bledsoe. And whenever he had time to throw, there was stifling pass coverage. Top receiver Eric Moulds was limited to five catches for only 32 yards by starting cornerbacks Mario Edwards and Terence Newman.’

‘In fact, the Bills managed a grand total of just two yards in the final 15 minutes of play.’

‘The Bills have not scored an offensive touchdown in their last four road games. They have scored just 21 total points in those four road games, all of which were losses.’