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A 3-0 start is certainly something to celebrate especially when it’s been 16 years since the last such beginning to an NFL season for the Bills. But this young Buffalo team isn’t getting giddy by any means. They know there are still 13 games left on their regular season slate.
“We still have work to do,” said Donte Whitner. “We had a lot of mistakes in the game we just played. We came out with the win and we’re in first place in the division right now. We’ll start our division schedule soon and we’ll see where it goes.”
That comment may as well have come out of the mouth of Buffalo’s head coach. For the past two seasons Jauron has preached looking ahead only to the next game, and not reveling in the prior week’s accomplishments or wallowing in its setbacks. Now in year three an emerging young team is still young, but wise enough to adopt their head coach’s approach to the game.
Not much raises the ire of Dick Jauron, even on game day. Conversely, not much keeps him down either. He’s always positive, but he’s far from boisterous. He’s always projected an even-keeled approach on game day, at practice and according to players in the meeting rooms as well. Jauron stays focused on the task at hand regardless of what unexpected things happen during the course of a game.
His players reflected that last Sunday against Oakland. When miscues in the first half affected the consistency of Buffalo’s play on offense, the unit didn’t panic. When forced to deal with a handful of short fields to defend, Perry Fewell’s men did not panic either. And special teams despite a long opening kickoff rebounded.
“We still have work to do,” said Donte Whitner. “We had a lot of mistakes in the game we just played. We came out with the win and we’re in first place in the division right now. We’ll start our division schedule soon and we’ll see where it goes.”
That comment may as well have come out of the mouth of Buffalo’s head coach. For the past two seasons Jauron has preached looking ahead only to the next game, and not reveling in the prior week’s accomplishments or wallowing in its setbacks. Now in year three an emerging young team is still young, but wise enough to adopt their head coach’s approach to the game.
Not much raises the ire of Dick Jauron, even on game day. Conversely, not much keeps him down either. He’s always positive, but he’s far from boisterous. He’s always projected an even-keeled approach on game day, at practice and according to players in the meeting rooms as well. Jauron stays focused on the task at hand regardless of what unexpected things happen during the course of a game.
His players reflected that last Sunday against Oakland. When miscues in the first half affected the consistency of Buffalo’s play on offense, the unit didn’t panic. When forced to deal with a handful of short fields to defend, Perry Fewell’s men did not panic either. And special teams despite a long opening kickoff rebounded.
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