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'“Dynamic play-maker, very disruptive, constantly making plays – hitting the quarterback, making tackles off the backside,” Incognito said. “He’s the best we have in this league right now.”'

'“Body language," Watkins said. "They go and score, we have to line back up, make plays and go out there. I think we get down in the game. Guys that aren’t getting balls get down and when I don’t get the ball I get down. So it’s really just staying consistent through all the plays. Blocking throughout the whole game. I think I kind of died down a bit in the second half and I have to stay alive, stay playing fast and competing.”'

'The Bills had 46 sacks through 11 games last season. Three Bills (Mario Williams, Jerry Hughes and Marcell Dareus) finished in the top 20. They have no one in the top 60 in sacks at the moment. Williams and Hughes lead the team with three apiece.'

'“It again proves me right and proves the refs wrong,” Robey said. “The film doesn’t lie. What I put out there on film doesn’t lie, they see it, and I feel like they’re not going to stop my aggression on how I play my receiver. That’s how I make plays so I’m going to continue playing like I’m playing.”'

'"Nope, I mean 30th in sacks is not real good, but nah, I expect us to get better, I do, and we'll see,'' Ryan said. "It's different for me. I've never been in this situation. I think the worse I've ever been in this league is 11th. Last year, they (the Bills) were really good, fourth in the league, but we'll see. Obviously we've got to improve. At times I've seen us play a lot better than the 20th ranked defense.'''

'“It’s huge for me but really you can’t make it bigger than it already is,’’ Steward said Wednesday after practice. “I treat every game like I’m going to start and I prepare that way, so I’m just going to do the same thing and stay on top of everything I need to do.’’'

'"He is probably the top player in the league," Ryan said. "So he's impressive. You watch him on tapes…I was wrong, when he came out I thought he was gonna be Dan Hampton. You know? And he might be better than Dan Hampton. So obviously a tremendous player. But big challenge for us."'

'"I don't know," Ryan said. "I don't think that's … uh I don't … in those things it's, uh, you know, I guess looks can be deceiving. We certainly didn't have him in a uh, well, one of them we did. It was supposed to be a trap coverage and it's supposed to actually trap the route they threw the touchdown on. We might have been talking about that a little differently, but we never executed it. I think it surprised the offense, but they threw right into it and we weren't there for it."'

'"We always knew we were going to have a relationship because of the relationship we built at Clemson," Hopkins said. "No matter where we went, if we were rivals in the same conference, we knew we would still be brothers off the field. We keep in touch a lot."'

'"I've never been in this situation. I think the worst I've ever been in this league is 11th," Ryan said, noting he has never had a defense finish worse than 11th in yards allowed in 10 NFL seasons as a coach or coordinator. "I'm not going to press the panic button. But we'll see. Obviously, we've got to improve."'

'Houston (6-5) has surrendered an average of 8.8 points and 250.5 yards of total offense on the winning streak, both of which lead the league since the start of Week 8. The 35 points it's allowed in that span follows the 44 it surrendered in a loss to Miami the game before the streak began. The Texans have allowed two touchdowns since and both came in one game.'

'"I mean, 30th in sacks is not real good," Ryan said. "Wow. But nah, I expect us to get better, I really do. I expect us to get better and we'll see."'

'"Everything, ultimately, is my responsibility," Ryan said. "No question about it. I'm not pointing fingers at anybody else. It's my responsibility. It's my responsibility to get a process in place that's effective.'

'“He has that ability to wreck games,” Bills center Eric Wood said Wednesday. “You got to have perfect technique. If you lunge in any way, he’s going to expose you. If you play soft he’s going to expose you. So, you have to be perfect on your technique to put yourself in a position to succeed.”'