Two Bills Drive

‘”It was nice to see them step up and win it at the end of the game,” said Bills head coach Gregg Williams of his defensive unit key, late stop.’

‘The lesson? "Got to play better, more often," Harrington said, mustering his best response to a situation that is growing increasingly frustrating to him and his teammates.’

‘"The coaches kept stressing for us to keep banging on this guy and he’ll cough it up," Walker said. "We needed to get the ball back, so we were just trying to make one play at a time. I felt that I got a pretty good shot on him. . . ."’

‘"When teams decide that they want to double (Moulds), they leave me in single coverage," said Price, who celebrated his 26th birthday with four catches for 101 yards and a touchdown. "The last two or three teams have doubled both of us, but we still find ways to make plays and that’s what we did today."’

‘If you can’t get a yard when you need it, you don’t deserve a victory.’

‘Aside from his debut as an NFL starter when he completed 15 of 35 passes and was intercepted four times against Green Bay, Harrington had his toughest game as the Lions’ No. 1 quarterback.’

‘After an earlier loss, coach Marty Mornhinweg said the outcome might have been different if you took away only a few plays. Sunday, it might have been three…’

‘Give the Lions credit for one thing: At least they looked better than Buffalo, uniformwise. Even with Drew Bledsoe, the Bills sure looked a lot like Grey Cup contenders.’

‘The Bills’ ability to dominate the passing game was critical. They went after cornerback Todd Lyght often.’

‘But does any of it — any of the apparent improvement, any of the increased competitiveness — matter if you can’t get the last yard?’

‘The obvious problem was that the Lions couldn’t get a first down on two plays on their last possession. But their inability to cover the Bills’ receivers — Eric Moulds and Peerless Price — was their biggest weakness throughout the game.’

‘"London Fletcher made a good play," Stewart said. "He’s already about 5-2. For me to get under his shoulder pads, that’s something that’s hard to do."’

‘"It’s a lot of fun," Moulds said. "However, I think at the end of the game, we were flat. Drew got kind of mad at us, and he really motivated us to finish the game the way we started. I think we need to learn how to close games out. I think that has been a problem for us. We need to finish what we start."’

‘In the fourth quarter, the Lions were called for three penalties on the same play — an offside and two infractions for unnecessary roughness. The Bills accepted one roughing penalty, on linebacker Barrett Green, for 15 yards.’

‘On the fourth-down play that was stopped, the Lions might have gone to the same play once too often.’