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FOXBOROUGH -- Bills quarterback Trent Edwards was sacked four times but he was upbeat about the way the offensive line played.

"I really think we need to focus on how well the offensive line played tonight. I really feel like the three guys on that group that have never played in an NFL football game before to start on Monday Night Football, Week One, and to play the way that they did, I'm still very, very impressed. There were times I was sitting in the pocket taking two, three, four hitches and still no one was touching me. That's something we can gain positively from. ... The discouraging part is we came up short."

Edwards on not being able to get Terrell Owens the ball. (Owens had two catches.)

"Yeah, that's another area that I need to look at too. Give a lot of credit to their defense. They're a well-coached, well-oiled machine on that side of the ball. Those guys are sitting back there pretty deep and a lot of times we're going to look to the interior guys. We knew they were going to try to take away Lee and Terrell. It's a chance for the interior guys to try to take advantage of those guys, getting Josh, getting Roscoe and getting Derek Schouman chances to do that. But I need to see it on film to see where I can take my shots and when I can't."

---Mark Gaughan