Two Bills Drive

‘That’s my position to play on the defense and help the team win," Wright said. "It’s real encouraging that I can help the Buffalo Bills and contribute to those wins."’

‘Buffalo Bills offensive linesman Jamie Nails was arrested on a charge of driving while intoxicated early Monday, according to East Aurora police.’

‘"You play hard for four quarters and you don’t expect anything less," said Sam Cowart, Holecek’s partner at inside linebacker. "The offense was kind of sputtering a little bit in the second half and we knew we had to turn it up.’

"I don’t know if we’re a real good team that’s lost some close games or a real bad team that’s won four in the last second," Phillips said moments after the Bills snuck out of Foxboro Stadium with a 16-13 overtime win.

‘The Bears will get their first indication Wednesday morning. The Bills’ starting quarterback is scheduled to be on the weekly teleconference call.’

‘In review: Phillips said Johnson will "play" when he’s healthy but he wouldn’t say he’d "start."’

‘"If your character gets slammed in a national way, or even in a local way it wasn’t a performance thing at all, it was a character thing and that’s what really bugged me. It came from a teammate who wouldn’t put his name to it and that’s one of the worst things I’ve ever seen."’

‘Whenever and wherever there are two good QBs on a team, there more likely than not will be some jealousy, animosity and controversy. The alternative is to put all of your QB eggs in one basket.’

‘But credit to Troy Brown and the Pats return blockers and to Johnson and the rest of the Pats defense for keeping Our Doug in check for most of the game. Most of it! That was again the problem. There were good until they had to be.’

‘The Doug Flutie versus Rob Johnson quarterback controversy took another strange twist yesterday with both players agreeing Johnson should start if healthy while Buffalo Bills coach Wade Phillips said he would wait and see.’

‘"I was pretty ticked off, oh yeah," Johnson said on Monday, making his first statements to Buffalo-area reporters since the controversial Sports Illustrated article came out last week.’

‘Nails also was accused of driving to the left of the center line, failing to stop when police tried to pull him over and driving with a suspended license. Police said tests showed his blood alcohol limit at 0.14. The state’s legal limit is 0.10.’

‘”I don’t know if we’re a real good team that’s lost some close games,” Phillips said, “or a real bad team that has won some in the last second.” The 60,292 in attendance would be inclined to vote for the latter.’

‘…why is it the quarterback, normally the self-confident chance-taker, is the one showing restraint and common sense wanting to kick the tying field goal and take a shot at victory in overtime, while the head coach opts for taking a big risk with the game on the line?’

‘Of Buffalo’s five wins this season, four have been via Christie kicks: Tennessee (16-13), San Diego (27-24), the Jets (23-20) and Sunday. And three of those – Chargers, Jets and Patriots – came on the last play, two in overtime.’