Two Bills Drive

‘So the next step in Buffalo’s improvement must come from the defense. After Sunday’s win, cornerback Antoine Winfield admitted, “Right now our offense is playing very well … putting up points and putting us in a position to win. Defensively, we’ve given up too much … too many penalties … touchdowns instead of field goals. “We’ve got to do more.”‘

‘TNT has moved up by several months the airing of the fantasy movie, "Second String," in which the Bills win the Super Bowl. It now plans to carry it on Dec. 18.’

‘The win not only improved the Bills to 2-2, it put them in a position few people outside the organization – and maybe some inside it – ever imagined.’

‘Buffalo is the first to play in three overtime games in the first four weeks of the season and the second to do it in any four-week period since the Minnesota Vikings in 1995. No team has ever played in four overtime games in five weeks.’

‘The search engine site Google launched a news page last week that has enough fresh links to keep you clicking like a rhesus monkey connected to an intravenous drip from Randy Moss’ medicine cabinet.’

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‘”The reason you play is to help your team win,” the veteran free agent said. “I want the ball when the game’s on the line, Jay wants the ball when the game’s on the line. Eric does, Peerless does. Unfortunately, I haven’t been here very long so I’m further down in the pecking order, but the bottom line is that when your number is called, you have to make the plays to help your team win. When that happens, there’s a sense of accomplishment because that’s why you’re here.”‘

‘We all knew this team was going to be better, certainly more competitive than last year, but I have to admit I’m a little surprised that the turnaround from 3-13 has been this fast. I guess that’s what happens when you trade for a guy like Drew Bledsoe who right now might be the MVP in the NFL.’

‘The Bills have put up 132 points in four games, the Raiders 113 in three games. Good luck to defensive coordinators Jerry Gray of Buffalo and Chuck Bresnahan of Oakland.’

”’When he says, ‘We’re going to score,’ we’re going to score. So don’t argue with him.”

‘After only a month, the superlative well already runs the danger of drying up when trying to describe Bledsoe’s performance.’

The Bills played their third overtime game in the first four weeks of the season. The last NFL team to play three OT games in four weeks was the 1995 Vikings who went into the extra period in weeks 3, 5, and 6 (Won 1, Lost 2). No team has ever played four OT games in five weeks.

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Peter King in his Monday Morning Quarterback column: "Buffalo QB Drew Bledsoe, who is not only my offensive player of the week but the player of the month. What he means to Buffalo can be summed up in one drive. Fourth quarter, first and 10 on his own 22, 12 minutes left, 20-20 tie with Chicago, five total yards for the Bills in the second half. Bing, bang, zoom. Four passes, four completions, 52 yards, the last of which was a 1-yard, perfectly executed play-action strike to tight end Dave Moore for a touchdown against a supremely fooled Chicago defense."

‘But, as Bledsoe pointed out, it’s his own fault he’s had so many chances. “I just don’t do enough in regulation,” he said with a laugh, “or we wouldn’t be dealing with (all the overtimes).”‘