Bills 24, Patriots 10
JA: Yeah, we got a few days off, a little mini-bye here, which is good timing for our guys, getting guys healthy, kind of a nice little reset as we move back home and we know we've got some divisional games coming up. We've got to put our best foot forward and try to find a way to win some football games here.
Q. Talk about you guys established the run, it was really probably the key to the game for you guys on offense?
JA: Yeah, I thought Dorsey did a good job of mixing those in. I thought Motor and James ran the ball extremely hard. We were skipping some 3rd downs, which is always a plus, and then when we did have 3rd downs we were putting our noses down and going and getting it, being really physical, playing some physical football. Again, the more that we can get those guys going, it's going to open up so many more things for us.
Q. You talk about execution, that 15-play, 94-yard drive, how would you characterize the execution of play mix? That was a critical dominating drive.
JA: Yeah, again, anytime you can go 95 yards it's a plus. But when you do it that way and it's a long, sustaining drive, those ones feel really good. Those O-linemen, they love those types of drives where they can go in there and grind it out. Again, our guys, I thought we played really well tonight. Obviously only 24 points, but our defense played fantastic ball where we didn't feel like we had to press and make any mistakes. Obviously there's a few plays we'd like to have back, but again, these are good wins, in division, away. It's hard to win in this league, so we'll learn from this one and move on.
Q. I know it happens fast, but was there any moment you hesitated about taking that shot when you were right on the edge of going out of bounds and it's in the red zone?
JA: No, no. I trust him. He made a play, and just giving him a chance to do it, so I appreciate him continuing to work on that play. I know I've got to be better down there, and there's a few plays that I wish I had back today, but a win is a win, we'll take them how we can get them.
Q. Did Coach pretty much at some point say hey, let's just choke this game out because 3.6 per carry, it's not like you guys were killing them on the ground, but did you just want to keep running it and choke the game?
JA: Yeah, they were playing some two high shell and just kind of basically daring us to run it. I thought Dorsey did a good job of staying patient. Our guys did a good job of holding on to the football and making some good cuts, making some good runs and moving the chains when we could.
Q. You made some throws today that you weren't able to step into. How is the elbow I guess is what I'm going to ask you?
JA: It's good.
Q. It's progressively better?
JA: Yeah, yeah, I think every day it gets better. Again, it's something that I don't think about when I'm out on the field. I think that's the most important thing.
But again, continuing to be in the training room and working with the guys and shout out to our guys in our training room, guys and gals there. I think we've got the best group in that training room. They work so hard. They work so many hours. I can't tell them how much I appreciate them enough, and I think our team would say the same thing.
Q. How about James Cook taking the bull by the horns; got some increased opportunities today?
JA: Yeah, again, he's dynamic with the ball in his hands, found some good lanes today, and the more we can get him going forward moving, too, I think that's going to benefit us in the long run.
Q. Can you speak to how difficult it was to win three games away from home in 12 days? That's kind of unprecedented. The league doesn't schedule three away games in 12 days.
JA: Yeah, again, we could have used every excuse in the book, but our guys, we work extremely hard. We care about each other. We care about each other's families, and I think when you have that type of love in the locker room, you're going to find ways to win football games.
It wasn't easy, I'll say that, but I will say having this little mini-bye with I don't know how many games are left -- what is it, five games left? I think that's extremely beneficial for getting guys healthy and just kind of maybe a little mental reset for our guys because we know these games that are coming up, they matter. The ones in December and January, they matter, and again, we've got to find ways to go win some football games.
Q. The zone run defense, you guys got down there three times, stuck all three in the end zone. Do you feel like there's some momentum building down there?
JA: Yeah, I definitely do. We know that we weren't -- we haven't been as good as we've wanted to down there and it's been a key emphasis for us, just making sure that we love the play calls down there and guys know what they're doing and executing. I think Dorsey is doing a good job of mixing it up and allowing us to go down there and be free and not having to worry about the other stuff.
Q. What will your role be in Odell's upcoming visit this weekend?
JA: We'll see.
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