MIKE PETTINE RUMORS & GOSSIP
Mario Williams Expects To Line Up ‘All Over the Place’ in Bills’ New Defense
Contrary to popular opinion, the Buffalo Bills may actually be poised to finally end the league’s longest playoff drought (1999-present) in 2013. NFL.com Columnist Adam Schein revealed an interesting piece before the 2013 NFL Draft suggesting the club could even become the NFL’s version of FGCU (Florida Gulf Coast University) in the upcoming season. In addition to bolstering...
Bills' defensive players tout Pettine's new playbook
BY DAN BEGNOCHEBuffalo Bills defensive coordinator Mike Pettine promised change when he took over for the maligned Dave Wannstedt in January.The Bills' defensive squad is now noticing those changes, and they like what they see. (photo: Matt Britt, Flickr)Defensive end Mario Williams and linebacker Nigel Bradham are the latest Bills to tout Pettine's work. The players, both...
Bills zealously 'shaking out' preliminary draft board
Eighty days from now, the Buffalo Bills' draft board will be a lean, definitive list of the top prospects the team believes can help get it over .500 and into the playoffs for the first time since 1999.Right now, it’s just a list of nearly 800 potentials that need to be whittled down. Buffalo coaches and scouts had the first meeting in a long list of meetings Tuesday to ascertain...
Mike Pettine says Bills' defensive structure won't model Jets
When Mike Pettine served as the New York Jets' defensive coordinator, he was mostly perceived to be just an extension of head coach Rex Ryan.So when Pettine saw a good opportunity to break off and take full ownership of a defense, he took it. And Pettine is certain the Bills' defense will be just that. "Are we going to build the structure of the system the same way as...
Proud Pettine eager to turn Bills defense around
New Bills defensive coordinator Mike Pettine is still evaluating the high-priced, underachieving group he has inherited, but he saw enough from the opposing sideline last season to know ''the cupboard is not bare'' in Buffalo.
Having spent the past four seasons with the Jets, Pettine says Friday in his introductory press conference that the talent level in Buffalo...
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January 25, 2013
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Mike Pettine’s Hybrid Defense, And How It Works
With the Buffalo Bills’ recent hiring of Mike Pettine as the new defensive coordinator, much has been made regarding the style of defense that the team will play in 2013. The Bills failed in their attempt to operate out of the 3-4 defensive front in 2011, only to revert back to the four man front [...]The post Mike Pettine’s Hybrid Defense, And How It Works appeared first on Queen City Sports.
Mike Pettine Headline Bills’ Defensive Coodinator Search
The Buffalo Bills introduced Doug Marrone today as the team’s new head coach, and he seemingly has wasted little time beginning his search for a coaching staff. Two names that popped up in reports throughout the media for the team’s defensive coordinator position were New York Jets’ coordinator Mike Pettine, and Jacksonville Jaguars coordinator Mel [...]The post Mike Pettine...
WFAN's Peter Schwartz acts as Chum for Mike Francesa's Shark Attack of Jets Coach Mike Pettine
The NY Daily News' Manish Mehta has a solid MO: At least one 'big' story sometime near the end of December on Jets defensive coordinator Mike Pettine (3 years and counting). This December's story was...
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Report: Mike Pettine Declines Contract Extension
Florham Park, NJ - According to Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News, defensive coordinator Mike Pettine has declined a contract extension from the Jets. Pettine has been Rex Ryan's number two guy for a number of years, since they're days in Baltimore, with Pettine declining the extension he will likely be on the move and he should have very little trouble finding new...
Ryan, Pettine excited about Jets' faster defense
New York Jets defensive coordinator Mike Pettine says the team's defense needed to get faster and more athletic this season after being ''a little dinosaur-ish inside'' last year.
Pettine says Tuesday night at a charity event that the Jets needed to improve the defense's overall speed, and he thinks that's what they did by drafting players such as defensive...
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May 01, 2012
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