Archives for May 7, 2009

‘The other reason Buffalo is a good fit for this study is that they have not one but two superb running backs in Marshawn Lynch and Fred Jackson. One would expect that this pair could gain yards on runs where none of their blockers were beaten at the POA, and the numbers bear this out…’.

‘I first met Jack during the off-season following my rookie year. Jack had received word that I was an American Politics Major at the University of Virginia with an interest in how Capitol Hill worked. Without hesitating, Jack invited me down to Washington D.C. and offered me an internship at his consulting company. I accepted his very generous offer and worked with him for three months during the off-season of my second year with the Bills.’

‘”We both played against each other a few years ago and a lot of defensive linemen on my team respected him as a freshman,” said Wood of Levitre, who was playing guard at that time. “So I’m excited to work with him and I’ve been pleased with what I saw out of him.”‘

‘"Those guys are powerful guys, but they’re athletic guys," Bills offensive line coach Sean Kugler said of Wilfork, Jenkins, and Ferguson during the team’s recent rookie camp. "They’re outstanding athletes and they play with a motor. So you need powerful guys that match that intensity and play with an equal motor. And that’s what we’re trying to get to."’

‘”I feel that the Bills are selling, effectively, to a different market,” he said. “The price points of their product are dramatically different than ours, when you can buy one ticket [for the Bills] which would almost get you a full season with the Argonauts. We are here, on the streets, every day of the week, all year round.”‘