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General thoughts on the game:
It's always good to get a division win on the road, I thought the
players were ready to go and made some plays early in the game, We had a
good drive, had 14 or 15 plays, whatever it was, and Buffalo answered
back. Laurence [Maroney] had that long kickoff return,
something we've been lacking pretty much all year, so that was good. It was
a good change of field position and we were able to take advantage of that,
and I thought it was a solid effort. There are certainly things we could
have done better, but the players came out and played at a competitive
level. They made enough plays in all three phases of the game to win. There
are a lot of things we need to work on, but it's good to win a division game
on the road.
On starting well:
Like I said, we got off to a good start, even though we gave up that
long pass to [Willis] McGahee. We were able to hold them to a
field goal and then answer back with a long kickoff return. It was certainly
a lot easier playing them from 11 points ahead than 10 points behind.
On [Tom] Brady's timing:
We've been working on it all year. Some was good, some wasn't, but we'll
keep working on it. We can do a better job but there has been improvement in
every aspect of our game, and that's what we've got to keep building on.
On the receivers:
Our receivers have worked hard in the passing game, worked hard all
year. I'm happy that they're able to realize some success and make some
plays out there. Tom made some good throws, they made some good
catches. They all work hard obviously, led by Troy [Brown],
he's the leader of that group with Reche [Calwell], Doug [Gabriel] and Jabar [Gaffney] the last couple weeks and Chad [Jackson], they're all working hard. That goes for the
tight ends, too, and the backs.
On starting out well:
I'd like to do that every game, I like to be playing from ahead rather
than from behind, like we did against [Buffalo], like we did against Denver. It's good to start well, get the upper hand and then get into
your game, and not have to be in a situation that you really don't want to
be in.
On what went well and what did not:
I thought there were some good things obviously, we were able to get
some production when we were down in the red zone, when you've got four
drives that are three and out in the first half. We gave a couple long
passes on defense that we'd rather not give up, so there are always things
we need to do better and that's what we need to focus on.
On Corey Dillon:
[Corey Dillon] is a hard runner and a good back. I think we have
good depth in our backfield with all of those guys making plays for us and I
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