Two Bills Drive

‘Giving Drew Bledsoe — especially the Drew Bledsoe of this season — a fresh set of downs, is like giving a hard-hitting baseball team four outs. It’s a sure-fire way to get burned and Bledsoe, who had been held reasonably in check for three quarters, torched the Texans.’

‘”We knes that we’d have to be aggressive because they’d played three games in overtime,” Houston coach Dom Capers said. “We talked all week about we might have to win on the last play of the game. The most frustrating thing is we had a couple of penalties that really hurt.”‘

‘Irons had plenty of fans rooting for him at the game, including his parents, grandmother, brother and other friends from The Woodlands. “He was able to get twenty-eight tickets, so he had a big group here,” said Grant’s father, Gerald, a former NFL player who is a CISD school board member and an employee of The Woodlands Operating Company. “We had our company-wide tailgate party today. About fifty people came in on the bus from The Woodlands Operating Company. Everybody is excited at the company.”‘

‘Some of Sunday’s mistakes can be attributed to inexperience and enthusiasm. But taunting a team after you have made the play that stops their momentum is foolish. To then rough a player on the very next play is inexcusable.’

Gregg Williams on the Bills’ defense: "We really came out and played suffocating for most of the second half. There were only 34, 35 yards gained in the second half until their last drive. And then we had chances and they made some very good plays."

In reality, the victory was only satisfying because it enabled Buffalo (3-3) to move into a second-place tie with the Patriots, who dropped their third in a row. And it was satisfying because, let’s face it, wins have not come all that often during Gregg Williams’ tenure, so any time the Bills can win, that’s satisfying.

Bills’ ball, third and 6 from the Houston 26, four minutes, 2 seconds remaining in the game, game tied at 24.

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Play by Play

Houston defense on the ensuing series had stopped the Bills (3-3) on third down at the Buffalo 34 when Jay Foreman, an ex-Bill traded to Houston, lost his cool.

"I take full responsiblity," Foreman said. "I shouldn’t have done that. I’m not even that kind of person or player… I don’t know what happened and I don’t know why. I still can’t believe it. That was a selfish play. I feel real bad."

Three overtime games this season toughened the Buffalo Bills for just the kind of comeback they engineered against the Houston Texans. Drew Bledsoe, the NFL’s leading passer, threw two touchdown passes in the final 10:39 and Travis Henry rushed for 159 yards and touchdowns of 1 and 23 yards, leading the Bills to a 31-24 victory.

D. Bledsoe 19/33 for 254 yds, 2 TDs; T. Henry 28 carries for 159 yds, 2 TDs (1 fumble lost); P. Williams 8 tackles and an assist.

All of the photos appear to be plays favorible to Texans (Texans 82 yard gain, Bledsoe Fumble, Texans WR celebrates, David Carr throws).

"We came back and battled in the second half. We were defensively very strong and offensively, made enough big plays to come in and get a win on the road. We played well in the second half and we had to win today in order to put ourselves in position to make a big game next week."

Drew Bledsoe led yet another Buffalo comeback and this time overtime was avoided. Bledsoe, the NFL's leading passer, threw two touchdown passes in the final 10:39 and Travis Henry rushed for 159 yards and touchdowns of 1 and 23 yards, leading the Bills to a 31-24 victory over the Houston Texans.