Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

‘Buffalo is the No. 2 seed and will play the second-lowest seed remaining after the Wild-Card round.’

‘Once again, this 2020 edition of the Bills proved it isn’t like past teams who would have found a way to lose this game in inexplicable fashion and have yet another nicknamed loss on the franchise resume. Saturday, Safety Micah Hyde knocked Rivers’ feeble prayer to the ground and the Bills escaped with a breathtaking 27-24 victory over the Colts.’

‘It has been the case all season, and it’s not changing: The Bills are not a good run team. They’re just not.’

‘No ticket, no problem for the Gilligans, so long as there was nothing blocking a view of the stadium’s Jumbotron-like scoreboard.’

‘My pick: Bills 28, Colts 20.’

‘Diggs became the first receiver in franchise history to earn first team All-Pro honors. His 127 receptions and 1,535 yards both led the NFL and are new Bills records for a single season.’

‘The football team opened up a 30-lane, drive-thru facility in one of the parking lots outside Bills Stadium in Orchard Park to facilitate the testing, with the samples then shuttled to BioReference Laboratories in New Jersey for analysis.’

‘Coming off a 2-14 season in 1984, Bills general manager Terry Bledsoe suffered a heart attack and his duties were transferred to a guy named Bill Polian. Polian had made a name for himself as a scout in the NFL, CFL and USFL, but he’d never held a GM role until Ralph Wilson put him in charge in Bledsoe’s stead early in 1985.’

‘”I’ve put an asterisk on my streak right now where I say that I’ve been to 426 games in a row that have fans,” said Johnson, who lives in the town of Greece. “But I have to get into the games that have fans to continue that.”‘

‘“This is a business trip,” said Reich. “Fortunately, I have been back to Buffalo a few times since (leaving in 1994) as a player and as a coach. I feel like I’ve gotten all of that out of my system. Love Buffalo, will always love Buffalo, will always be a Bills fan, except for this Saturday for sure.”’

‘But Cuomo’s original decision had rankled many Bills fans, who questioned why the governor would be allowed to attend the game when only 6,772 fans — making up about 9% of the stadium’s capacity — would be allowed in.’

‘“I would say it’s definitely not the most ideal thing for a rookie coming in and really trying to connect with the other guys, but this is the hand I was dealt,” Fromm said earlier this season. “You got to take on the role 100% and head on and I feel like I’m doing the best I can and really try and develop relationships and develop my game on the field as well. It’s definitely not easy. It takes a lot more work than normal and that’s part of it and let’s go play football.”’

‘“We continue to talk about it, continue to educate ourselves on more and more things that we could be doing and trying to implement here within being realistic about it,” Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott said. “You know we’re all human and trying to do a job and do it at a high level, and yet, you know, live at the same time. That’s what I could say. I just continue to ask our staff and our players to edit their habits in a good way to make sure that they’re being as safe as they possibly can.”’

‘Cuomo’s administration has control of a luxury suite at the stadium, a benefit built into the 2013 lease agreement allowing the football team to occupy the stadium through the 2022 season.’

‘“Very, very much appreciate and grateful for Stef,” McDermott said following the Bills 56-26 rout of the Dolphins. “Love his approach. He’s a team player. Extremely competitive and more than anything, he just wants to continue to grow and get better, and that’s probably been one of the biggest marks that he’s had on our team, which is great to see.”’