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‘”We’re a good football team, and we’ve been good for a number of years,” McDermott said. “The goal is to win a world championship. So for us to have a true evaluation of where we’re at, we have to be objective with ourselves and say ‘Hey, where are we?’ Look around the division, the division is improving. The gap is closing, as far as that’s concerned. So if we didn’t (evaluate ourselves), we wouldn’t be doing it the right way.”‘

‘”I ask that question just like you ask that question,” Isaiah McKenzie said. “I really don’t know. We’ve got the players, we’ve got the coaches, we’ve got everything going, we’re winning football games when we need them during the season. Then when we get to the playoffs, it’s like, it’s not there. I’m still not understanding that.”‘

‘Diggs didn’t talk to the media Sunday or Monday, but he did take to Twitter.’

‘The Bills scored to make it 14-7, but you got a feeling they were going to have a long day when the defense just couldn’t get off the field.’

‘Number 3 is back at Highmark Stadium for gameday, just three weeks after suffering cardiac arrest in Cincinnati.’

‘”That experience, we’ll carry that with us,” McDermott said. “There’s a challenge to that, but there’s also a lot of good that came from that.”‘

‘”Von put the Super Bowl trophy out in the locker room, and put, ‘You said you’d do anything for it,’ [in writing],” Davis said. “It reminded me of what we need to do to get there, and I’m going to do my best to try to show the guys they can trust me.”‘

‘But what’s even more concerning is that Buffalo has turned the ball over three times in each of the last three games.’

‘”We know that we’re the defending AFC champions,” Bengals coach Zac Taylor said. “There’s an edge to this team that we’re not an underdog to anybody. That’s been the feeling this whole season. We don’t really care what anybody else says about us. We know we belong on the field with every team in this league.”‘

‘The game will be played at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, which the Bills said is one of the “primary design inspirations for our new stadium scheduled to open in 2026.”‘

‘”I see a young player that’s been studying his film work and knew what was going on,” Shaq Lawson said. “Like, he jumped that route. I’ve been proud of my guy.”‘

‘”Yes, he can definitely throw the football down the field; and yes, (he has) the receivers to make that happen,” Bills defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier said. “But his willingness to check the football down when things aren’t there down the field, that’s pretty impressive. So often, guys are more concerned about their stats, getting the big play — but he’s willing to take a 4- or 5-yard gain and not always try to get the explosive one.”‘

‘Students in Northeast College Preparatory High School’s Junior ROTC program will present the nation’s colors prior to kickoff.’

‘You get that feeling about Allen, but then you realize he becomes that quarterback that can keep both teams in the game at the same time.’

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