And do not, I repeat, DO NOT mess with Buffalo cops, whether they're on duty or not. But back to football, and the tortured cross-sports metaphors. Running the ball again and again serves the football equivalent of body work, and Buffalo did precisely that. Getting help for the first time in a month, Flutie produced his sharpest outing of the season and earned American Football Conference Player of the Week honors. After the Redskins finally managed a stop immediately after intermission, Buffalo went on two long touchdown marches into the wind, effectively ending the game before the third-quarter clock expired.
Buffalo has a lot of pushing to do in the next three games, all against division rivals.
It takes time away from them and it shrinks their offense. Brown watched from the sideline with a hamstring injury against Oakland, Seattle and Baltimore, seeing what happens when the Bills try to get cute. With early deficits weakening Buffalo's tenuous commitment to the run, offensive coordinator Joe Pendry put it all on Flutie. When we can pound the ball, we're effective. They'll have to pound it against the Dolphins.