Archives for October 4, 2008

‘In addition to all of it, Evans is a high character guy who any team would want in the lockeroom. He’s always been accessible, friendly, engaging, and professional. He’s not afraid to speak his mind as he did last season when he was concerned over the switch from J.P. Losman to Trent Edwards. He’s also given Edwards the credit he’s been due this season.’

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‘”I think it speaks mounds of the organization and their commitment to building a core group of guys that they believe can win and that they want to move forward with,” Evans said. “I think it sends a message around the locker room that if you’re committed to playing here and winning here, and doing it the right way, the team can be committed to you as well.”‘

‘But Lynch’s stat line does not do justice to the season he is having. The second- year pro has been just what the Bills need: a heavy-duty ball carrier who can grind out tough yards and grind down defenses.’

‘Both sides of this battle have been working overtime in Buffalo trying to paint the other side as the bad guy who is going to take away the Bills.’

‘”At first, I was a little ticked, I wondered what was going on,” the fifth-year free agent from Tennessee was saying after a recent practice. “But by the next day I was cool with it. I decided I could take it two ways. I could let it eat away at me, sulk about it and just roll over and die, or I could use it as motivation to become an even better player. I chose the latter.”‘

‘”The Jacksonville game was huge in our confidence,” offensive co-ordinator Turk Schonert said. “Being able to go down there in the heat that we’re not used to and come back with a win did wonders for us.”‘

‘”For some reason or another it seems like we’re sitting there on the sideline late in the game and losing and it doesn’t feel like we’re pressing,” Edwards said. “I don’t know what it is, whether we learned something from last season, or whether something this off-season went right. It just seems like there is a confidence that guys have on the offense and defensive side, and even special teams. It just seems like we know that we have plays in our playbook that can win a football game.”‘

Bills seem poised for playoff run (Arizona Republic)

Boldin undergoes surgery (Arizona Republic)

Cards’ Boldin has surgery on facial fracture (East Valley Tribune)

With Boldin Out, Breaston Up (AZCardinals.com)

‘"He is a really good player," said a longtime NFL defensive coach whose team faced Edwards last season. "He has good physical tools and manages the game well. But I think that his football intelligence is his most impressive attribute."’