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I cut and pasted some key sections of it here - the only place I could find it was on the wireless section of the Bills site and it was pretty hard to read there - http://www.buffalobills.com/wireless...p?news_id=4135
I cut out some of the questions he was asked about last year - I especially liked the last paragraph/question where he revealed a bit about how the coaches run practice - sounded pretty good to me, hopefully it brings results...
On if he has anything to prove from last year…
I don’t even think about last year to tell you the truth. It doesn’t matter what happened - good or bad. It’s a new team, new offense. We have some new players. We have our goals. It doesn’t matter who we’re playing against. We’re out there trying to accomplish what we’re trying to accomplish. Our offense, we have to master that first. Obviously, that’s dictated on what they do. Other than that it’s just straight execution. You can put Xs out there. It really doesn’t matter who it is. It has to be that way every week.
On how things went well inMiami
We have a new offense. New personnel. New formations. Obviously, they think we’re a different team, different scheme from last year. Are they going to do the same things (defensively)? Sure. We look at some of their personnel groupings, some of their guys are still there. But mainly, we’re looking at what they did in the preseason and against Pittsburgh
On last week’s game …
We executed pretty well in the passing game. We were able to check the ball down. We were able to throw it away when things were not open. But in a game like that it’s the little things. Not the running game or the passing game. Things hurt us at the end there. We had some penalties. We had a safety. You wonder if there was a chance to get that ball out of my hands. But you look at the film and I really don’t know when I could have thrown the ball away. It was tough.
On whether it’s frustrating not to be able to get Lee the ball …
It’s frustrating. But we’ve got to play ball and he knows that. He’s the guy now and he knows he’s going to get double-covered. The chances they gave us single coverage on him, both times ended up in sacks. So we couldn’t hold up to get him the ball. They went one-high and we said here’s our chance especially at the end of the game to hit ‘em. It’s not frustrating; it’s just the way it goes. Last year, it was a different guy (as the No. 1 receiver). Now it’s him. But now other guys have a chance to get more touches.
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That’s every week. Coaches can tell you how it’s going to be. How they’re going to play, how this guy plays. For the most part, they are accurate. But there will be instances where you say I saw it on film but they didn’t really do the same thing. You always have to feel the other team out on the first couple of drives. Mainly what it comes down to is execution. It’s the little things. Once you become a great team in the NFL, what I’m seeing so far is those teams take care of the little things. Little penalties, sacks, dropped balls, miscues, all those little things have to be cleaned up if you want to be great. It doesn’t matter who is over there, you have to execute.
On if things have progressed since the start of training camp …
They are definitely getting better week in and week out. Even in practice it’s getting better – for the whole team as well. Obviously I’m more involved with the offense, so I’ll speak for them; it just seems that the little things done wrong will not be overlooked. They will not be tolerated or accepted. Little things. No incomplete passes will be tolerated by our coaches. He will not stand for an incomplete, inaccurate pass. He will not stand for a missed audible. He will not stand for any of it.
I cut out some of the questions he was asked about last year - I especially liked the last paragraph/question where he revealed a bit about how the coaches run practice - sounded pretty good to me, hopefully it brings results...
On if he has anything to prove from last year…
I don’t even think about last year to tell you the truth. It doesn’t matter what happened - good or bad. It’s a new team, new offense. We have some new players. We have our goals. It doesn’t matter who we’re playing against. We’re out there trying to accomplish what we’re trying to accomplish. Our offense, we have to master that first. Obviously, that’s dictated on what they do. Other than that it’s just straight execution. You can put Xs out there. It really doesn’t matter who it is. It has to be that way every week.
On how things went well in
On last week’s game …
We executed pretty well in the passing game. We were able to check the ball down. We were able to throw it away when things were not open. But in a game like that it’s the little things. Not the running game or the passing game. Things hurt us at the end there. We had some penalties. We had a safety. You wonder if there was a chance to get that ball out of my hands. But you look at the film and I really don’t know when I could have thrown the ball away. It was tough.
On whether it’s frustrating not to be able to get Lee the ball …
It’s frustrating. But we’ve got to play ball and he knows that. He’s the guy now and he knows he’s going to get double-covered. The chances they gave us single coverage on him, both times ended up in sacks. So we couldn’t hold up to get him the ball. They went one-high and we said here’s our chance especially at the end of the game to hit ‘em. It’s not frustrating; it’s just the way it goes. Last year, it was a different guy (as the No. 1 receiver). Now it’s him. But now other guys have a chance to get more touches.
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That’s every week. Coaches can tell you how it’s going to be. How they’re going to play, how this guy plays. For the most part, they are accurate. But there will be instances where you say I saw it on film but they didn’t really do the same thing. You always have to feel the other team out on the first couple of drives. Mainly what it comes down to is execution. It’s the little things. Once you become a great team in the NFL, what I’m seeing so far is those teams take care of the little things. Little penalties, sacks, dropped balls, miscues, all those little things have to be cleaned up if you want to be great. It doesn’t matter who is over there, you have to execute.
On if things have progressed since the start of training camp …
They are definitely getting better week in and week out. Even in practice it’s getting better – for the whole team as well. Obviously I’m more involved with the offense, so I’ll speak for them; it just seems that the little things done wrong will not be overlooked. They will not be tolerated or accepted. Little things. No incomplete passes will be tolerated by our coaches. He will not stand for an incomplete, inaccurate pass. He will not stand for a missed audible. He will not stand for any of it.
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