"This should be an electric atmosphere," said Jauron of the Sunday night matchup, where the good people of Tonawanda, Lackawanna and the entire Niagara Falls region will come to Orchard Park to scream for their team.
In an ideal world, the Bills will get after Brady using only a four-man rush, shorten the game by gaining more than 130 yards on the ground, and hope their punter, Brian Moorman, has the game of his life.
"It's so hard to rattle Brady," Dan Marino said. "He's smart and confident and he knows what to do with the football."
Even Bills general manager Marv Levy, who of course led Buffalo to four consecutive Super Bowls, is impressed with every aspect of the Patriots.
"I haven't seen a team this good since the Steelers of the '70s," said the man who coached in the NFL for 23 years, 14 with the Bills. "It's hard to find an imperfection."
I asked Jauron why it always seems that Welker is open on the 5-yard out at the goal line. The Patriots have run this a million times and he always seems to score.
"He's dangerous anywhere," Jauron said, "not just in the left flat. He's not just fast, he's quick -- that's why he's always open. I expect we'll see that play and it's up to us to cover it."
There's one more undefeated element this week that won't make it any easier for Jauron or Levy. Harvard (6-0 in conference), which is Levy's alma mater, will play Yale (9-0 overall, 6-0 in conference), Jauron's university, for the Ivy League title on Saturday.
"We don't really want to speak," Levy said, "but we have an armistice."




