Niagara Gazette

‘The Buffalo Bills survived the New York Giants. It’s not a sentence that anyone could fathom, with the Giants being 15-point underdogs entering the game without their starting quarterback Daniel Jones and two starting offensive linemen. And yet the Bills didn’t score a point until Josh Allen found Deonte Harty for a 3-yard touchdown pass on the first play of the fourth quarter.’

‘And now, an offense that averaged 34.8 points per game through the first four weeks has a total of 34 points over the last two games, with seven coming in the first half as the Bills didn’t score on the Giants until the first play of the fourth quarter, the first time since Sept. 30, 2018 in Green Bay they didn’t score in the first three quarters, which was a 22-0 loss in Allen’s second career start.’

‘“(Bills defensive line coach Eric Washington) says I must’ve been a good basketball player, so that must be where it’s from,” Epenesa said. “I like to block shorts and stuff. So maybe that little hand-eye coordination, whatever that must be. I might have got from hoops or something like that growing up.”’

‘“I’ve never tried to be another person,” Dodson said. “I know I can do whatever Matt could do, Matt can do whatever I do. It’s just working off each other and just studying and film and just just being in place at the right time.”’

‘“When you’re with people for four years, you experience a lot of highs, a lot of lows, there’s a lot of emotions, and you lean on one another both in good times and bad,” Daboll said during a conference call Wednesday. “… (The Bills) were a very important part of my life for four years. And you develop relationships. I got a lot of respect for all the people in that building, staff, coaches, executives, players, because you go through a year in the NFL, you go through a lot of stuff. … For me, it was four years. I’ve leaned a lot on those guys. I’m always there for them. I know they’re there for me.”’

‘“People don’t know what’s going on on the sideline,” Diggs said. “People don’t hear, people just see and it’s easy to react or draw whatever conclusion you want from what you saw. … I hold myself to a very high standard and people don’t understand that. … I consider it to be a game and it is a game, I just don’t play about this game. I take it to heart, I give it everything I got and I’m very hard on myself.”’

‘“It’s been the first time ever in my life not being the star guy or the starter,” Elam said after practice Wednesday. “It’s been, I feel like for anybody, it’ll be, I guess, a little challenge. But all I can do is continue to get better, prepare like a starter like I did, and I just feel like, just don’t think too much about it. I mean, just go out there and do what you do best.”’

‘The Bills return to Highmark Stadium for Sunday Night Football and face a New York Giants team that could be more banged up than them. And even when the Giants were healthy, it was disastrous.’

‘McDermott said the Bills will lean on players already on the roster before looking for outside help to replace Milano. They have veteran A.J. Klein on the practice squad, while Baylon Spector is still on injured reserve after suffering a hamstring injury in the preseason finale.’

‘I know this is blasphemous in a region that lives and breathes the Buffalo Bills, but I have to say, I haven’t always been like this.’

‘With all of the injuries, the Bills defense still played well for most of the game, surrendering just 11 points and forcing two turnovers going into the fourth quarter. But it was clear they were worn down by the end of the game.’

‘It’s hard to recall a worse five-point loss.’

‘If the Bills can roll into Philadelphia on Thanksgiving weekend — the final game before the bye week — with nine or 10 wins, they may only need two or three wins to clinch the AFC East over the last six games.’

‘“This is my first international game, first time actually over here in England, across the pond,” Allen said. “It’s another chance to showcase what American football is all about. I’ve been told about how excited the fans can get during the game and how loud they can get. Hopefully they’ll be cheering for us and loud when Jacksonville is on third down and quiet when we’re on third down.”’

‘“I never said anything about game shape, that takes a lot,” Miller said. “I wasn’t able to do training camp, wasn’t able to play in preseason, wasn’t able to play in the first four games of the season, so you can’t discount this sport. It takes a lot and I have so much respect for this sport that I can’t jump right into things.”’