Two Bills Drive

‘"They don’t come any tougher than Antoine," said Fletcher, who tied Winfield with a team-high 12 tackles in the season-opener against New England. "He’s not afraid to take on anybody. I know I have to watch him leading the team in tackles. If I’m not careful he’s going to break my record (209 last year).”

‘"Honestly, we’re able to do a lot of things," said center Trey Teague. "But when we’re being successful with one thing, we’re not going to do something else just to beat our heads against the wall. If something’s working, we’re going to keep doing it until they show us that it’s not going to work."’

‘"Bobby doesn’t have Peerless’ speed, but he has the same intelligence of knowing what he needs to do and a great understanding of how to get open and get separation. Josh can do a lot of those things as well and will continue to get better as he gains experience."’

‘"We’ve won two big games and scored a lot of points, but we still have room to improve," Morris said. "And that’s scary."’

‘Travis Henry had a miserable day running the ball (21 carries, 26 yards), but did manage to score a career-best three touchdowns, all in all, not a bad trade-off.’

‘They staged a frat party at Alltel, breaking chairs, knocking over lamps, spilling beer on the carpeting and parading farm animals through the kitchen. And when it was over, they were tacking a second straight blowout in the victory column, 38-17, and the Jaguars were begging, ” Please, just leave.”‘

‘In the few months since his hiring as Buffalo’s offensive coordinator, the Bills upgraded from Rob Johnson to Alex Van Pelt to Bledsoe. We should all be that fortunate. That’s like going from a Pacer to a Buick Century to a Porsche.’

‘Bills QB Drew Bledsoe: His quarterback rating of 144.2 was just short of perfect. He only played three quarters, but that was more than enough. He completed 19 of 25 passes for 314 yards and two touchdowns, was not sacked and did not throw an interception. If he plays like that every week, the Bills aren’t going to lose very often.’

‘Quarterback: A+.’

‘”When teams commit to stopping the run, then we can throw the ball,” Bledsoe said. “Kevin is very creative. He can find holes in the defence.”‘

‘”We can run the ball when we need to, we can pass the ball when we need to,” Bills guard Ruben Brown said. “That’s the thing that is exciting about this offence.”‘

‘The defense, which was burned by the run in Carolina, stopped the run this time, but was strafed by Bledsoe’s passing arm. “It starts with the D line. If we don’t put any pressure on him, it’s going to make it harder on the secondary,” defensive end Paul Spicer said. “We’ve got to take just as much of the blame [as the secondary], probably even more because we’re the first guys who have to make him reload.”‘

‘Considering the touchdown march came against Buffalo’s backups and with the Jaguars trailing by 28 points, Leftwich didn’t see any need to be boastful. “It was what it was,” Leftwich said of his play. “I’ll let other people talk about it.”‘

‘”It’s great to be 2-0, and just a little bit sweeter doing it here,” Shaw said. “You always want to show an old team what you can do, but I didn’t put any extra pressure on myself. When the ball is snapped, it doesn’t matter who you’re playing. You’ve got to take care of business.”‘

‘Facing little pressure from the Jaguars’ defensive front four, Bledsoe barely broke a sweat — even on a hot day — while completing 19 of 25 passes for 314 yards and two touchdowns in slightly more than three quarters of work.’