Bills November 23 Interviews: Chan Gailey, Ryan Fizpatrick, Stevie Johnson, Andy Levitre. Chris Kelsay

Head Coach Chan Gailey – Wednesday, November 23, 2011

On any injury updates with RB Fred Jackson.

Fred’s not good. I know he’ll miss this one, and then we’ll have to decide what happens from there.

On RB CJ Spiller stepping in:

It’ll be his opportunity. We’ve had a lot of guys that have taken opportunities and done well with them and I fully expect that from him.

On Jackson’s injury:

He got kicked or kneed or something (in the calf).

On if Jackson will be back before the end of the season:

I don’t know about that. We’ll have to wait and see.

On how much the game plan changes with Spiller starting now:

It changes a little bit. You’ve got 10 other guys that have been doing things. You can’t change everything they’re doing and you don’t...

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Bills November 21 Interviews: Chan Gailey, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Nick Barnett

HEAD COACH CHAN GAILEY – Monday, November 21, 2011

On RB Fred Jackson:

He’s banged up, but we’ll have to wait and see. I don’t know if I can give you a good answer right now. He’s hurting and I doubt he would practice early in the week. We hope to have him late in the week.

On if SS George Wilson’s injury will keep him out awhile:

I don’t know. It’s starting to heal, but it’s not there yet. I think if he can make some progress it’ll be a slow progress. Maybe we’ll get him back this week, maybe we won’t.

On WR Donald Jones and if there’s a chance he’ll play the rest of the season:

It looks like it’s more long-term than short term for him. (There’s an) Outside chance.

On if CB Terrence McGee had surgery:

Yea, he had surgery today.

On if Injured...

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Bills November 16 Interviews: Chan Gailey, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Stevie Johnson, Andy Levitre, Leodis McKelvin, Chris Kelsay

Head Coach Chan Gailey – Wednesday, November 16, 2011

On WR Stevie Johnson’s injury update:

He won’t practice today. We hope we’ll get him out there a little bit Thursday and a little bit Friday and he’ll be ready to go Sunday. That’s what we hope.

On how much of a concern is it to maybe lose a top receiver:

That’s a blow for any team. But every time that happens it’s an opportunity for somebody else. If it happens we’ll work through it. If it doesn’t happen then we’ll go play as normal.

On if Johnson was out this week would WR David Nelson lineup outside:

Possibly. I’m not going to tell anything that might possibly happen right now.

On receivers being pressed more by opposing defenses:

We’ve been getting more bump (coverage) but it’s because that’s what the...

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Bills November 14 Interviews: Chan Gailey, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Fred Jackson, Eric Wood

Head Coach Chan Gailey – Monday, November 14, 2011

On C Eric Wood gone for the rest of the season:

It’s hard on him and it’s hard on us. He was having a very good year. He will be sorely missed this year.

On LG Andy Levitre moving to C:

It looks like that right now, yes. That’d be our best move. Looks like (Chris) Hairston’s back to pretty much full speed now so we’ll be able to play him at LT:

On if Levitre has ever played at the C position:

He did last year for us and took a few snaps actually. He’s played in a game there. The thing about Andy is he’s so smart and such a competitor. He’s so valuable because he’s good and he’s versatile.

On if LT Demetrius Bell has a chance of playing at LT or if it’s definitely Hairston:

Today, he doesn’t. He hasn’t even been on...

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Bills November 9 Interviews: Chan Gailey, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Fred Jackson, Stevie Johnson, Chris Kelsay, Bryan Scott, Dave Rayner

Head Coach Chan Gailey – Wednesday, November 9, 2011

On what he remembers about Dallas HC Jason Garrett:

I knew he would be very successful in whatever he decided to do and I thought if he decided to coach he’d be a very successful head coach. I thought he was smarter than to coach but he ended up going into the business anyway. He’s done very well and I’m proud for him. He’s a great man.

On what was most appealing about K Dave Rayner:

He had experience. Stan (Kwan) had been around him before. Having experience was one of the biggest factors. All the guys we tried out kicked very well.

On if there’s an update on K Rian Lindell’s injury status:

They’re telling me we‘ll take it a week at a time. How fast a healer is he, all that kind of stuff.

On carrying two kickers and Lindell having a...

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Bills November 7 Interviews: Chan Gailey, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Fred Jackson

Head Coach Chan Gailey – Monday, November 7, 2011

On NT Kyle Williams injury update:

It looks like Kyle will be headed down to see the doctor one more time in North Carolina, Dr. Anderson. He’ll be going down there tomorrow or the next day and I think something definitive will happen then one way or the other.

On if that news is encouraging or not:

I don’t know either.

On K Rian Lindell’s shoulder injury:

It had a little, I don’t know if they said break or it tried to come out or what it was but it’s not good. So we’re going to bring some guys in and have them kick this week just in case we have to find another kicker.

On if he anticipates having to find another kicker for this week’s game:

That’s why we’re doing it is in case he can’t kick this week. We’ll make that...

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Bills November 6 Interviews: Chan Gailey, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Drayton Florence, Nick Barnett

BUFFALO BILLS Head Coach Chan Gailey

They played well. We played poorly. It’s my responsibility to get our team ready to play each week and I didn’t get these guys ready to play well enough to play this ball game. It’s a big ball game. I hadn’t had this happen at home this year and we’ve got to get better. That’s the bottom line. We weren’t physical enough in the ball game. We’ve got to be more physical. If I had to say there was one thing, that’s what I would say.

On the low offensive production:

Again I go back to myself on that. I needed to be cleaner on the things that I had designed for the offense, needed to run the ball better early. I probably didn’t stick with that enough. And we just sometimes in third down we couldn’t make third downs and that’s where we’ve got to get better if we expect to be a consistent football team. We’ve done that...

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Bills November 2 Interviews: Chan Gailey, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Fred Jackson, Stevie Johnson, Donald Jones, Eric Wood, Dwan Edwards, Spencer Johnson, Marcell Dareus

Head Coach Chan Gailey – Wednesday, November 2, 2011

On the Jets not getting a lot of live exposure to QB Ryan Fitzpatrick:

No, but they’ve got the film. When you’ve got the film, and they’ve got every game this season, they had an off week to study every bit of it. That will not be and I don’t think that’s an issue for teams anymore.

On what stands out from the Jets’ defense:

They can generate a lot of pass rush with their different looks. They can create problems for you in protection if you’re not careful. Their corners obviously are very good. They’re a good all-around defense. They have been for years and they are this year.

On the Jets playing more man coverage defense:

They play a lot more man than some teams.

On where this game ranks in importance:

This is the...

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Bills October 31 Interviews: Chan Gailey, Ryan Fitzpatrick

Head Coach Chan Gailey – Monday, October 31, 2011

On what RB Fred Jackson has done for this team:

I think it’s all been said before. He catches, he runs, he protects. He’s doing an amazing job for our football team right now. We wouldn’t be where we are without him, I know that.

On if he’s had a player play this well for an extended period of time like Jackson:

Not doing everything that he is doing, no. I’ve never had one.

On what LB Nick Barnett has brought to the team:

Besides the physical qualities of speed, instincts and things like that he brings an energy to our defense and to our team. Every time he walks on the field he’s got energy whether it’s practice or a game. He’s brought a great little edge to us as well.

On the defense getting 9.0 sacks while missing key players:

I think guys got a taste of playing well and...

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Bills defence dominates

Bills defence dominates

Mike Rutsey – The Toronto Sun, Monday, October 31, 2011

TORONTO - Drawing up a game plan is the easy part.

Executing it come game day, well that’s something different altogether.

Defensively the Bills game plan against Washington was simple — stop the run and get pressure on quarterback John Beck.

For the Bills that was a whole lot easier said than done as coming into Sunday’s game the Bills were a powder puff team defensively. They ranked 30th in rush defence while their sack total was an embarrassing low of four. So the goal against the Redskins was a double-dipped chore.

But that all changed inside what for the Rogers Centre was a boisterous crowd of 51,579.

This day the defence was stellar.

Part of it may have been the fact that the Bills were well rested, coming off a bye week. Part of it may have been how poorly the Redskins played.

But the biggest part was a fired up defence...

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