Jauron Q&A

A transcript of Bills coach Dick Jauron's postgame comments, as transcribed by the Patriots' media relations department:

Obviously, a really interesting day, weather-wise. (It was) severe to play in, both teams made plays, we just could never get it into the end zone at all. I thought Freddie (Jackson) did a terrific job running the ball and Trent (Edwards) handled things pretty well. Threw in very, very difficult circumstances, certainly to throw in or to kick in. Even the snap, difficult for the snap, difficult to catch the ball. Of course for the punter, it does a lot of stuff in the air when you drop it. It’s disappointing, very disappointing. It was a disappointing end to what turns out to be a disappointing year for us, not getting a spot in the playoffs.

On if the last play call of the first half was late:
DJ: It wasn’t late, we work on that every single week, we work on it and give ourselves 14 seconds on Friday. You run the ball, if you get the first down, then you kill it, if you don’t get the first down, you run your field goal team on and kick it. We had plenty of time, we had 22 seconds, we just let the clock run out on us. They never set the ball ready for a play, so it’s not a question I can answer.

On what he was discussing with the referees:
DJ: Why they let the clock expire on us and never gave us the ball to kick it.

On why he would run the ball in that situation:
DJ: Well, you don’t know what’s going to happen on the run, either. You run the ball, you get the first down, you kill the clock, you kick a field goal. You throw the ball, who knows, you could score, clearly, you could score on a run too. That wind, I don’t know. It’s a play we work on a lot.

On the time lost on that play before the snap:
DJ: We had time. We had times where we’ve executed it, we execute it all of the time, we execute it every week.

On if he created a crisis for himself:
DJ: I think the whole game is kind of a crisis, there’s a lot of pressure on every play in the football game and that’s something you work on and you know you can execute under a certain amount of time, you feel pretty good about it.

On if the delay was caused by Jackson running off of the field with the ball:
DJ: No, I don’t think so.

On if it was impossible to throw the ball into the wind:
DJ: I don’t think it was impossible at any time, but it wasn’t very good either way, with it or against it. There were no gimmes either way. The ball was moving all over, very hard to catch it, very hard to control it and gauge the wind, because the wind was gusting, it wasn’t constant, so you never knew what you were going to get.

On what the referees’ explanation for the final play of the half was:
DJ: You’ll have to ask them.

On what the referees told him:
DJ: A lot.

On why he can’t relay what the referees told him:
DJ: I could paraphrase, I wouldn’t want to do that, because I’m not sure it would accurately represent what they told me. I could tell you that they told me a lot of things. You’re free to go ask them, also.

On if he had the choice of sides in the second half:
DJ: Yes, we had the option.

On why he chose to play with the wind:
DJ: We wanted to kick them deep and stop them and get field position, and get as much as we could, obviously.

On if he is concerned about his job:
DJ: I’ve been concerned about my future all of my life. It’s not any different than any other time.