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'“I was just letting the media know that it’s time to talk to the winners," he said while giving credit to the Falcons. "I’m just having fun with it. … They’re a good team. You can see the success they’ve had over the years. They fight hard until the end. We got some breaks today, and we still need to finish better on offense. Overall, we played well as a team, and we won."'

'"It says that we can compete and play at a high level," linebacker Lorenzo Alexander said. "But at the same time, we still can't start drinking the Kool-Aid. We've still got to respect the process, understand we've got to continue to work the way we were when we were underdogs. That's kind of the mindset of this team – blue collar, just keep grinding games out and finding ways to win."'

'"I love that about this team, man," McDermott said. "I love it. The coaches and team, everybody at One Bills, that's who we are. They're a gritty, resilient group and these guys, they just love to play together. They love to play together. It's fun to watch them prepare."'

'“I’m hitting the ball well, and just everything is coming together,” Hauschka said after hitting a pair of field goals in the fourth quarter of the Bills’ 23-17 win over the Falcons on Sunday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. “It feels great. I knew I was capable of these types of things, and the mind is powerful. I’m just trusting myself, believing in myself and having fun out there.”'

'After quarterback Tyrod Taylor found Matthews in the end zone to give the Bills a 7-3 lead in the second quarter, the receiver, without missing a beat, pretended the football was a Nintendo cartridge, blew into it, jammed it into a make-believe console and began miming the act of playing a video game.'

'The CBS broadcast said word from the NFL in New York was that they "couldn't definitively say that Matt Ryan regained control" of the ball.'

'Going in the tank? Pinch yourselves, but the Bills might be going to the playoffs. The perception changed radically when they walked into shiny new Mercedes-Benz Stadium and beat an unbeaten Falcons team that nearly won the Super Bowl last February.'

'It's hard to predict what will happen from here. It would be just like the Bills to go lose at Cincinnati next weekend. But one thing beyond dispute is this Buffalo team is much better than expected, a playoff contender under a first-year head coach who has his team playing at a high level.'

'In each game, the Bills created their own opportunities and caught some officiating breaks. Forces have not been conspiring to undermine the Bills.'

'Robert Jones got into some fiery back-and-forths, mocking people's appearances and last names, using terms such as "sissy" and "mama's boy" and offering face-to-face meetings in Buffalo.'

'Bills tight end Charles Clay was the offense's MVP, catching five passes for 112 yards. Jordan Matthews scored his first Bills touchdown on a scrambly 9-yard Tyrod Taylor toss in the second quarter.'

'If their 3-1 record fails to convince critics that they can win on any given Sunday, the Bills' 23-17 victory over the Falcons on the road certainly should do the trick. The Bills answered yet again with their most impressive road win since … since this whole dreadful playoff drought began.'

'LeSean McCoy finished with 76 yards, his highest total since gaining 110 yards in the season-opener against the New York Jets, on 20 carries. McCoy certainly was more effective than he was in gaining a combined 30 yards in the last two games, but the Bills have plenty of room for improvement on the ground. Still, it matters that they stuck with running the ball and on a day when their defense was coming up big, it significantly contributed to the outcome.'

'"It’s something that we believe in," Clay said. "We’re not protesting the flag, military, it’s about social justice and systemic oppression. That’s basically what it’s about, trying to change the ways of the world. Be a positive change. I know a lot of people look at it negatively, but if they really sit down and understand what’s going on, I think that they would believe."'