01:00 AM EST on Monday, October 31, 2005

Tedy Bruschi, Patriots linebacker, who returned to action last night after suffering an offseason stroke

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It's just going to be an explosion of emotion that comes from the inside out. It's just going to be an explosion of emotion that comes from the inside out." Bruschi on how he anticipated feeling when he took the field last night

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I'm sure he probably did. You think we have one of those bracelets on him that tracks him through the building? I'm sure he probably did. You think we have one of those bracelets on him that tracks him through the building?" Bill Belichick, Patriots coach, when asked if Bruschi worked out during the team's bye week

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You need 10 other guys out there with him, but you can't replace the instinct. You can't replace how a guy plays, the plays that he makes. If he gets the opportunity to go out there and play, we know he's going to come out there and try to make things happen. You need 10 other guys out there with him, but you can't replace the instinct. You can't replace how a guy plays, the plays that he makes. If he gets the opportunity to go out there and play, we know he's going to come out there and try to make things happen." Rosevelt Colvin, Patriots linebacker, on how Bruschi's return should help the team

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Having him back helps. I don't know if he can plug all the holes, but it'll help. Having him back helps. I don't know if he can plug all the holes, but it'll help." Willie McGinest, Patriots linebacker, on the same subject

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If there's anybody who can do it, it's Tedy Bruschi. If there's anybody who can do it, it's Tedy Bruschi." Lawyer Milloy, Bills safety, on his ex-teammate's comeback

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It has been a tough stretch. There are not too many easy games anymore. We're going to need to play well. It starts this week, and really the whole season is ahead of us. It has been a tough stretch. There are not too many easy games anymore. We're going to need to play well. It starts this week, and really the whole season is ahead of us." Tom Brady, Patriots quarterback, on the importance of last night's game

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I think this team has high goals and expectations. Getting into our division games [is] really where it starts for us. The goal is always to win the AFC East, and there is no better week to start than this week. I think this team has high goals and expectations. Getting into our division games [is] really where it starts for us. The goal is always to win the AFC East, and there is no better week to start than this week." Brady, expounding on the same subject

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I don't think that's a problem for them. They've done it in the past and they've done it well, as well as anybody in the league. They played us last year with a lot of different guys in the lineup and had very few mistakes and didn't create havoc for themselves. I don't think that's a problem for them. They've done it in the past and they've done it well, as well as anybody in the league. They played us last year with a lot of different guys in the lineup and had very few mistakes and didn't create havoc for themselves." Tony Dungy, Colts coach, on how the Pats are handling the spate of injuries they've suffered

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But I can't speak for them. Obviously, Tom Brady will get mad if you speak for them. But I can't speak for them. Obviously, Tom Brady will get mad if you speak for them." Dungy, referrring to Brady's criticisms of San Diego coach Marty Schottenheimer after Schottenheimer talked of how New England's injuries may be too much to overcome

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We have to get through the mystique of the whole situation, the atmosphere, the banners, the fact that they're the world champions. Coach Belichick had two weeks to humble all their players, get them refocused. He has an uncanny way about making them feel like they're not champions. We have to get through the mystique of the whole situation, the atmosphere, the banners, the fact that they're the world champions. Coach Belichick had two weeks to humble all their players, get them refocused. He has an uncanny way about making them feel like they're not champions." Milloy on the task facing the Bills last night * * * * *

The only way I get past that is by helping this team be successful. My experiences [in New England] for seven years are definitely unforgettable for myself and my family. But I'm trying to create memories for myself [in Buffalo]. The only way I get past that is by helping this team be successful. My experiences [in New England] for seven years are definitely unforgettable for myself and my family. But I'm trying to create memories for myself [in Buffalo]." Milloy on how he can stop questions about his days with the Patriots

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The bye week is always an opportunity to review and go over what you didn't do right, and Coach Belichick is always very good at pointing that out to us. The bye week is always an opportunity to review and go over what you didn't do right, and Coach Belichick is always very good at pointing that out to us." Chad Brown, Patriots linebacker, on the Pats playing their first game after the bye week

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That's obviously very motivating, [Belichick] putting the red dot on you [while] watching film and letting you know this was not acceptable. He was an equal opportunity dotter. No one has played perfectly. That's obviously very motivating, [Belichick] putting the red dot on you [while] watching film and letting you know this was not acceptable. He was an equal opportunity dotter. No one has played perfectly." Brown, on how Belichick treated the Pats during the bye week