‘They are close to selling out all home games. But the Sabres at their early-season best aren’t half as important to armchair fans as the Buffalo Bills at their worst.’
Archives for October 28, 2006
Life is a snap for veteran Albright
‘Ethan Albright thought his NFL career was over when Buffalo coach Marv Levy called his young backup offensive tackle out of stretching drills in the summer of 1997. "I had already been cut four times and I think I’m going to be cut again," Albright recalled. "Marv tells me, ‘Ethan, you’re not going to be one of our top eight linemen.’ I’m getting ready to walk out. Then he said, ‘We want you to focus on snapping. We want you to go to meetings and know what to do, but we don’t want you to practice at tackle and risk getting hurt.’ I didn’t know whether to do cartwheels or be upset. I wasn’t going to reach my first goal, but I was going to have a special job. Obviously, it turned out very well."’