Bills head coach Rex Ryan has had plenty to say about Buffalo’s season to date. Here are some highlights from his press conferences.
Rex Ryan’s opening statement following the Week 15 win over Cleveland: We needed that game, obviously, goes without saying, but I’m proud of our guys. We challenged all three units, had to be at our best and that was where the focus was all week and I thought our guys came out and we did a great job executing in all three phases.
Q: Was it hard to focus? Just given the type of performance this was, 0-13, just reminding your guys that they still have to actually play the game.
RR: No, I don’t think so. Sometimes you’re nervous when you play an opponent like that because you definitely don’t want to be the team that gets beat by them. I was in Baltimore, we lost to a team I think that was 0-13 and they won one game the whole year and it was us. Then the next year I think we were in the AFC Championship game, so we’ll see. There’s still talent on that field. I mean you saw the quarterback made an unbelievable run against us, but we know what’s in front of us. We have to win and obviously we’re playing against Miami, that’s going to be a tough game. They put it to us the last time in Miami and we got to return the favor.
Q: How much of a difference does Kyle Williams make? The defense seemed a little bit more present today.
RR: Yup, there’s no doubt about that and he’s that guy. You don’t replace a guy like that. I remember last year when we had him for like five games and that was pretty much it and this year when he went down it’s like, ‘Oh, man.’ The great ones, you notice when they’re gone and certainly we missed him last week but we’re happy we got him now. Looked like he got through the game well and they announced his 40th sack, so that was impressive. Happy that he’s back for sure.
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