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‘It was the last home game of the season end it would have been great for the Bills to at least get in the end zone one time to give the home fans something to cheer about, regardless of who was playing and who wasn’t, but they weren’t able to and came away with only three points on the day. The Bills got inside the Jets 20 yard line twice but came away with only one field goal to show for it.’

‘The Buffalo Bills will play the opening game of the 2019 NFL playoffs when they play at the Houston Texans on Saturday, January 4 at 4:35 p.m., the NFL announced on Sunday.’

‘With only 46 players allowed to be active on game day, it limits McDermott’s options, as far as how many players can actually sit out. No matter how much Allen plays, or any other player, getting out of the game healthy is the most important thing.’

‘”I don’t know that I’ve been around a stretch of games to that caliber that these players have played in. That bodes well for our young players, bodes well for our young quarterback. The environments we’ve been in, most of them have been on the road with Dallas, Pittsburgh and then New England, and then we had the one at home against Baltimore. It’d be one thing to say, ‘Hey, we had all those at home or three of the four at home.’ In this case, we’ve had three of the four on the road.”‘

‘However, offensive tackle Ty Neske, who hasn’t practiced or played in a game since injuring his ankle week 11 in Miami, and was also listed as “DNP” Wednesday, was practicing and lining up at both left and right tackle during individual positional work. That’s very encouraging news for Nsekhe’s possible availability for the playoffs and might even be an indication he is going to play Sunday.’

‘”It’s a great time to be a Bills fan, a Bills player and to be in this community. Everybody is excited. We’re having fun. Getting here in 2017 and getting into the playoffs, looking back now it’s so hard to get to the playoffs, and seeing that that team was able to make it, what a huge accomplishment that was. Obviously the years in between of making the playoffs and how big that was. And then now just having a complete team. I feel like our quarterback situation is solved, we feel like we have a good defense, and we’re all happy and all having fun. It’s a blessing.”‘

‘The Bills will play at the Texans, unless the following happens: The Chiefs lose next week AND the Texans win next week. In that case, they would open up at Kansas City.’

‘Buffalo’s last gasp at tying the football game wound up just short, getting to within eight yards of the end zone before Allen missed Knox for, what would have been, a touchdown on a 2nd-and-goal passing play. The Patriots blitzed Allen on the next two plays and forced Allen into a desperate throw to Beasley on fourth down that was batted away, ending the game.’

‘I was angry because I’m so tired of losing to Tom Brady and Bill Belichick. I’m tired of the Patriots winning (this is their 11th straight AFC East title), and I’m tired of Boston fans seeing the Patriots win all the time. I really felt this was one of the Bills’ best chances ever to beat Brady in Foxboro, and it turned out to be woulda, coulda, shoulda.’

‘The Bills gave up 143 yards on the ground. Sony Michel ran for 96 yards and 4.6 per-carry. The Patriots ran for 81 yards in the first half alone. Far too much.’

‘Just stay ready. They always preach to me to just stay ready. And that’s what it is. I prepare every day as if I’m playing on Sunday, and that’s what it’s about, just how I prepare and just staying ready. Anything can happen in this game of football. But at the end of the day, like I said, we’re winning. It’s hard to win in this league, so I’m not going to complain about us being 10-4. So that’s what it’s about. We’re winning. Take it one game at a time, and we clinched a playoff spot, so all we can do is get better.’

‘When these two teams played back in week four, the Patriots won 16-10, and there’s a strong case to be made they wouldn’t have won the game had Bills QB Josh Allen taken better care of the football.’

‘Of Allen’s 255 completed passes, Brown and Beasley have been on the receiving end 131 times.’

‘“You have to be very disciplined. They can beat you, Brady or just the entire offense can beat you in a lot of ways because they’ve been together for so long and they can just spin the dial. If it’s not working, they can go to something else. They’re probably unlike any other team around the NFL because they’ve been together for so long. The volume, the width of their playbook, if you will, is so wide, and if it’s working you better stop it because if not, they will continue with it. So they’ve just got a good scheme, they’ve got good players, and just multiple ways to beat you.”’

‘What seemed like a rare bad performance by the Patriots offense in Buffalo earlier this season has now become one of many bad showings from the unit. New England’s offense has scored 22 points or less in five of the last six games.’