Archives for October 30, 2002

‘”I remember what it was like playing (Buffalo),” he said. “It was like, ‘Boy I’ve got to stick it to these guys.’ That’s how you get up the day of the game. You’re like, ‘God, I want to show them that I’m still worth keeping around.’ Your thing is you want to go out there and make plays to put your team in a situation to win.”‘

But this being today’s NFL, in which teams and careers can be revitalized faster than President Bush’s popularity rating, it shouldn’t be surprising that Bledsoe is playing this well, that the Bills are 5-3 and a half-game out of first place in the AFC East and that he could make the Patriots’ season even more gloomy. Payback indeed can be sweet.

"We definitely want to get the win for him. We know how important it will be for him. But at the same time, we won’t allow that to cause us to alter our approach in a way that might be detrimental."