Two Bills Drive

‘Bills squeak by Eagles in close game, 20-17.’

‘"I don’t feel like I’ve taken a back seat at all," Wire said. "I feel I’m sitting in the passenger seat for a while and I’m learning from a pretty good driving instructor. I’ve already learned a lot from the way he plays the game. I looked up to him coming into the NFL. I always liked the way Lawyer played the game. He plays with his heart, and I can relate to that.’

‘"These guys are like a wounded animal, and that makes them even more dangerous," wide receiver Eric Moulds said of the Eagles. "We have to be ready to play our best game of the year."’

‘Bills defensive coordinator Jerry Gray against Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb.’

‘I think I have the winner in the Gregg Williams gadget play pool for the week.’

‘"We know they’re going to start blitzing when they get off the bus, so we have to get ready for that," said Bills coach Gregg Williams.’

‘His point: The Eagles may be 0-2, but they might be one of the best 0-2 teams he or anyone else has ever seen, and the 2-1 Bills are acutely aware that they are in for a mighty battle this afternoon at sold-out Ralph Wilson Stadium.’

‘”One time I was at a basketball game in high school and my pants ripped. I was sitting down and they split up the middle. I was glad I had a jacket. I took my jacket off and tied it around my waist.”‘

‘”(The Bills game) is very important,” McNabb says. “It’s very important for us as an offensive unit to go out and show people what we are capable of."’

‘"We have an answer for that," the head scriptologist says. "After they fall to 0-3, we’ll schedule the Eagles against their three division rivals – Washington, Dallas and the Giants. By the end of Week 6, the Eagles will be 3-3, their season will be saved, and interest will be red-hot in all four NFC East markets."’

‘Be it ever so humble, there’s sometimes no place like the road. Maybe it will all come together for the Eagles there.’

‘In the NFL, September games don’t customarily come with tags marked crucial attached to them. But this one, Birds at Buffalo, does.’

‘Though the price was high – a 12-year deal worth $115 million and a $20.5 million signing bonus – it seemed like a good move at the time.’

‘Both teams have spoken all week about running more, even though neither has done it successfully this season. Moreover, the Bills are down to only one healthy running back, Joe Burns, who rushed for all of 22 yards in last week’s 17-7 loss to the Miami Dolphins.’

‘Bills quarterback Drew Bledsoe has no doubt studied the tapes of what Brady did to the Eagles. And he is probably drooling, waiting for his chance to attack a young secondary in which the only veteran will be Troy Vincent on the left corner.’