Archives for December 11, 2012

‘When pressed on it Spiller said, “I’m in shape and I’m just going to leave it at that and I’ll sit down with the coach to get a better understanding. I’ll go there and see what he meant because I don’t know, I think I’m in shape. To me 13 yards, I can run that waking up out of my sleep.”‘

‘Gailey didn’t seem upset that many are against him. He understands the frustration, “Sure, I do. We are (spinning our wheels), we haven’t gotten over the hump. That’s where we are. We haven’t gotten over the hump. We’re close, I told the players today we’re 3-4, 5 plays from being this record flipped to 8-5. To me, we’re a better football team than we were three years ago when we got here. Now we don’t have as many wins to show for it at this point but I believe we can get there and I believe we will get there and I have a great deal of confidence in the direction we’re headed.”‘

‘”We’re going to get the opportunity here in the next few weeks for him to get it a lot and we won’t have what I term two great backs,” said head coach Chan Gailey knowing Jackson is lost for the rest of the season. “I think Tashard (Choice) is a very good back, but to me he’s not in Fred’s category. So there won’t be a lot of sharing of duties. C.J. will have to take a big part of the load now.”‘

‘It has been a very unlucky season for Jackson as this is the third time this season that the veteran back was injured and will miss time on the field.’

‘When you do not win, all of that stuff comes up. We know that. I still have a great deal of confidence in what I do and what we are trying to get done and where I think we can go. I have a great deal of confidence in that. I believe in our players and I believe in the direction that we are headed.’

‘Because unfortunately our record is not where we want it to be but I think we have made progress since he has been here. I really do. We have to find a way to win these close games. We have had a bunch of them this year, at least three that I can think of in the fourth quarter that we just have not been able to seal the deal. I think we have made progress. I think there is a belief in this locker room. He is a guy that, I know I am and a lot of guys in this locker room are going to be tremendously loyal to him for giving us a chance.’

‘And then there at the last drive we felt good about where we were and what we were doing. But like I said, it all counts for nothing now.’

‘In other words, it was a typical Bills defeat.’