Archives for October 21, 2014

‘Buffalo Bills head coach Doug Marrone confirmed that running back C.J. Spiller underwent surgery Monday to repair a broken clavicle.’

‘Spiller is in the final year of his rookie contract, meaning his last play with the team might have been Sunday’s 53-yard burst that ended in injury.’

‘Rookie Preston Brown, at least for one week, appears to have taken over the starting linebacker role over veteran Keith Rivers. Brown received 100-percent of the snaps, while the man he replaced only had seven snaps total – the lowest of any defender on the Bills roster. Rivers was described by general manager Doug Whaley as a “four-down player,” but he might be relegated to only special teams duty before too long.’

‘”It’s typically a four-week injury, but we’ll try to do some things to get it sped up,” the running back said. “I like to think of myself as somebody that can come back before typical, so, it’s just gonna be on me to get in there and rehab, and see the team doctors, and do what it is they want me to do and hopefully I can get back a lot sooner than that.”‘

‘”I know I’m going to do everything that I can rehab-wise to get back as soon as possible,” said Jackson on the Howard Simon show. “I know we have a great training staff and the team doctors do a great job and they’ll do everything they can to get me back out there as soon as possible. I like to think of myself as someone that can get back before typical (time frames). It’s going to be on me to get in there and rehab and see the team doctors and do what it is they want me to do and hopefully I’ll be able to get back a lot sooner than (normal).”‘