Two Bills Drive

‘Find two more big-impact players and two more good role players in the defensive front seven. The Bills ranked 27th in points allowed, 32nd in takeaways and 29th against the run.’

‘”I really believe it was an instrumental part of the season,” coach Gregg Williams said, referring to the play of the revamped line. “We had some skill guys in place, and obviously we brought Drew in for a big part of the improvement, but he has to have those five guys up front to have the chance to do what he does.”‘

The starting all-star lineups for the 2003 Pro Bowl were announced today at halftimes of the AFC and NFC Wild Card playoff games. The AFC All-Star starters were announced during the Indianapolis at New York Jets game and the NFC starters at the Atlanta at Green Bay game.

‘WGR-AM General Manager Greg Ried announced a move that Dickerson has openly discussed – his impending departure until the Bills’ regular season starts up again in September.’

‘”The expectations within the team and everywhere should be for us to make the playoffs,” he said. “We won’t back off of that one bit. This year, for this team to go from 3-13 to 8-8 is a step forward. We feel like we should’ve been better, been in the playoffs, but next year definitely. This team should be a playoff team and anything less will be unacceptable.”‘

‘Of the 60 players currently on Buffalo’s squad, including injured reserve and non-football-related injury, a total of 14 – less than a quarter – were with the team when Donahoe became president/general manager in January of 2001. And that number will shrink.’

‘”Anytime you have an offense where you have two 1,000-yard receivers [Peerless Price and Eric Moulds] and a 1,400-yard rusher [Travis Henry], it’s a reflection of the guys up front who allow that to happen,” Bledsoe said. “They don’t get as much recognition, so I thought it was the right thing to do to bring them along.”‘

It was ten years ago on January 3, 1993. The AFC Wild Card game between the Houston Oilers and Buffalo Bills.

‘A year ago, Grant Irons was sitting in a South Bend, Ind. classroom, pursuing graduate courses at the University of Notre Dame.

This year, he’s mulling a suddenly bright future as a defensive end in the National Football League.’

Buffalo 37, Indianapolis 35 – September 21, 1997 at Rich Stadium

The Bills mounted the second-larges comeback in NFL regular season history when they overturned a 26-0 deficit. Rookie RB Antowain Smith capped off Buffalo's scoring frenzy when he crashed through the line and scampered 54 yards. He had scored the go-ahead TD (30-29) on a one-yard plunge on the previous series.

Two plays into the Oilers' next drive, Bills safety Henry Jones intercepted a deflected Moon pass and returned it 15 yards to the Houston 23-yard line. The Bills gained five yards on three plays and faced a fourth-and-five. Time out, Buffalo. Reich convinced Levy to go for it on fourth down. He then saw Reed break away from the safety and hit him on the goal line for 18 yards and a touchdown. Houston 25, Buffalo 31. In a span of six minutes and 52 seconds, the Bills had cut their deficit from 32 points to four.

Buffalo scored four TDs in under seven minutes in the third quarter, and rallied from a 35-3 deficit to down the Oilers 41-38, marking the greatest comeback in NFL history.

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Cincinnati jumped out to a 14-0 1st quarter lead, after cashing in on a long punt return and an INT, and defeated Buffalo 28-21, to secure the 1st postseason victory in the history of the Bengals’ franchise.

In dramatic fashion, San Diego rallied from a 14-3 deficit as QB Dan Fouts connected with WR Ron Smith on a 50-yard scoring pass with just 2:08 remaining in the game. The reception was only the 5th of the season for Smith.