Two Bills Drive

‘Buffalo’s Drew Bledsoe surpassed 30,000 yards in career passing Sunday, reaching the milestone faster than all but three other quarterbacks. Playing in his 126th career game, Bledsoe went past the mark on a 14-yard pass to Peerless Price midway through the second quarter against the Minnesota Vikings. He entered the game needing 72 yards to get to 30,000.’

‘“It took everything we had,” Bledsoe said, “but hopefully this is a step for us in the right direction.”’

‘The Vikings appeared to have the game won in regulation when Moe Williams scored on a two-yard TD run with 26 seconds left for a 39-36 lead. But Bledsoe was able to set up the game-tying field goal by driving the team 29 yards in 18 seconds.’

CAREER PASSING YARDAGE: Last week passed Joe Ferguson and now ranks 25th all-time. He is 51 yards away from #24 Randall Cunningham and 869 away from #23 Norm Snead. He enters Sunday\’s game at Minnesota needing 72 yards to become just the 24th QB ever to reach the 30,000 passing yards plateau. By comparison, Bills Hall of Famer Jim Kelly reached 30,000 on 9/17/95 in his 135th career game in the NFL.

‘Expect Prioleau to provide deep help for cornerback Nate Clements, who likely will be lined up against Moss.’

‘Bledsoe has averaged more than 300 passing yards in three previous games against the Vikings.’

‘"No question we were lucky," Donahoe said. "Under normal circumstances you don’t get those guys."’

‘Five times a week, six when the Bills are playing at The Ralph, Ahanotu wakes up at 5:30 a.m. and hops into a limousine for the 90-minute drive from Toronto to One Bills Drive. He’s paying the driver, a Toronto native, $5,000 a month for the escort service.’

‘Mary Wilson is not only the first lady of the Bills, she is a live-with-every-play fan.’

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‘”I’m fortunate that I haven’t been in a locker room with a guy like that. I’ve been lucky enough to have a lot of team guys who were out for the best interests of the team rather than individually. It wouldn’t make me feel good about having him playing with me.”‘

‘”Somebody has to make a big play, somebody has to do something to win the game. When you’ve got a bunch of guys knowing what they need to do, coming in here and working hard, good character guys who care, I think it will be a natural process and you’ll start seeing this team winning games.”‘

‘”Get another ring. I want to do whatever I can to make this team become world champions. I think we’re headed in the right direction. I really have a good feeling about this organization and the coaches.”‘

‘Buffalo has won only four of its last 22 regular-season games. “We need a win to get a better feeling about ourselves,” admitted Bills’ coach Gregg Williams, who’s 3-14 since replacing Wade Phillips. But there’s a similar urgency for the Vikings, who have won a mere five of their past 20 games.’

‘Vikings coach Mike Tice has created a rotating running back system, one he will operate by instinct and with only one assurance: Each back will get meaningful carries in every game.’