PLAYERS’ PERSPECTIVE

Jim Kelly, Buffalo quarterback: ‘You can’t be a pansy out there. Before the Raiders game, I was so pumped up I told somebody I felt like I could go out there and play linebacker. If you can’t accept it rough and tough, you shouldn’t even be on the field. ‘

Mark Collins, New York cornerback: ‘It doesn’t bother me that we are underdogs. We weren’t expected to win the NFC East. We certainly weren’t expected to be NFC champions. What is one more obstacle? ‘