Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

‘“They’ve got guys on that team that make an awful lot of money to play football,” said safety Micah Hyde. “You can’t sleep on anyone in this league. Doesn’t matter if it’s an 0-15 team. They’re going to be ready to play and we have to play accordingly.”’

‘“What I’ve noticed, it hasn’t been about my opponent as much as it has been about me and just executing,” he said. “The freer I play, the better I play no matter who the guy is. The more comfortable I get, the better I’ve played.”’

‘Earlier this week, Buffalo coach Sean McDermott channeled his inner Bill Belichick and heaped praise on the Dolphins as “a very good team.’’ They’re not.’

‘He played only 16.2 percent of the offensive snaps in the first three games and was targeted just three times by quarterback Josh Allen, catching none of them. And then he sat out the last two games because of a groin injury that he said is now fully healed. “I’m better, 100 percent,” Foster said the other day.’

‘“Offensively, we need more production,” Flores told reporters. “We got that out of Ryan the other day for a quarter. And we felt this game and this week, that was the best chance for us to be productive against a tough team, a tough defense, a tough crowd and a tough environment.”’

‘“That’s every week in this league,” linebacker Lorenzo Alexander said in reference to the fact that nothing is ever quite as it seems on any given Sunday. “We don’t pay attention to the point spread, it doesn’t matter who you’re playing, if you don’t come in there with the mindset that you want to go out there and dominate, whether their record is 5-0 or 0-5, you could potentially lose that game.”’

‘Edmunds is settling into his role as the quarterback of the defense and it looks like the game is slowing down for him a little more each week. He’s been strong against the run, but his ability to take away space in zone pass coverage is also shining through.’

‘Jones set the all-time college football record for career receptions while at East Carolina and he was expected to become a solid No. 2 type wideout in Buffalo’s offense, but his career began slowly in 2017 and he caught only 27 passes for 316 yards.’

‘Five games into the season, four of which have been victories, it’s clear this is a more talented offensive team than the woeful bunch that we saw last season. But when you still rank 18th in points per game, you’ve turned the ball over 11 times, and are converting only 33.9 percent of the time on third down, there are still improvements to be made.’

‘Now, we’ve all heard this before from Allen. Every time he makes one of those decisions that defy explanation, he says he’s never going to do that again. And then he throws that pick against the Bengals that nearly cost Buffalo that game, and then he throws the three picks against the Patriots that did cost the Bills that game.

‘“Just like the schedule where we take it one game at a time, we take the bye whenever it comes, but it’s a good time,’’ McDermott said. “We’ve been able to sustain success early on withstanding some of the injuries we’ve had, but we came out of this game more banged up. We have to get healthy and it’s a good time to get some rest, but it also offers us a chance to evaluate where we’ve been and where we want to go.’’’

‘Jones set the all-time college football record for career receptions while at East Carolina and he was expected to become a solid No. 2 type wideout in Buffalo’s offense, but his career began slowly in 2017 and he caught only 27 passes for 316 yards.’

‘In a game that could only be described as laughably mistake-prone, the Bills survived at Nissan Stadium and came away with a 14-7 victory over a Tennessee team that had two touchdowns wiped out by penalty, and four field goals missed by its kicker, Cairo Santos.’

‘“It meant a lot,” Williams said following Buffalo’s 14-7 victory over the Titans that sends the Bills into their bye week with a 4-1 record. “It’s a long ride, a lot of people don’t know my journey. All I can do is thank God, my teammates, thank everyone around me, my family, they supported me a lot. I’m overwhelmed, there’s so much emotion going through my mind right now. I’m just thankful for the opportunity.”’

‘“Bills Mafia won this game,” Hyde said. “They continue to impress us. They were excited to get down here, they circled it on the schedule as soon it came out.”’