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November 15, 2007

Projo PatsTalk with Shalise Manza Young: Back to the pursuit of perfection

Click here to listen to this week's edition of projo PatsTalk with Shalise Manza Young. The topics: players coming off the bye week, lingering media hype, Wes Welker on the injury report, Buffalo's surprisingly successful season, the injury to running back Marshawn Lynch, the Patriots' outstanding record against J.P. Losman, and snow in the weekend forecast for Buffalo.

Following are some excerpts from Shalise's comments.

The bye week: "I think it kind of came at the perfect time. ... after all the hype, and not just the hype but everything they had to expend to win that Indianapolis game ... they needed every one of those 60 minutes, and that's a tough high to come down from. So I think, obviously, having the week off they were just able to not think about that for a couple days."

Welker's limited practice participation: "There might be something slightly nagging him. It was the first time he showed up [on the injury report]; they've done it with Randy Moss and Kyle Brady before ... and you can't say it's done anything but help Randy, because he couldn't play any better, and Kyle I think has been battling an injury all season, and just maybe to take a couple reps off here and there helps him out. So it might be the same type of thing with Wes."

The Buffalo Bills, a surprising 5-4: "They have 12 guys on injured reserve ... and that's amazing. It's a tribute to their depth, and they have a very young team. Obviously [head coach] Dick Jauron and [general manager] Marv Levy, they may not be putting the best product out there, but at least they have a system in place and it seems to be working for them."

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