Archives for January 25, 2013

‘”I think the big thing is, you have to always want to learn. You have to be a historian of football,” he said. “Technology these days, I can go back and look at 1984 cut-ups in black and white and try to learn how plays evolved. Watching the K-Gun with Jim Kelly from when I was here, looking at all that video. Joe Montana playing, who’s a friend of our family, I mean you look at all those different things. You just want to keep pushing yourself to learn and learn. Almost like get your Ph.D. in football. I think that’s something I’ve been very lucky to be a part of.”‘

‘”There’s different ways to present it, but they’re basically all the same,” Morris said. “Pass protection is pass protection. Run blocking is run blocking. There might be little tweaks. I may have a different personality, but football is football.”‘

‘The vote by county legislators today on a memorandum of understanding between the county, the state and the Bills is considered a significant step toward finalizing the terms of the deal into a formal 10-year lease.’

“I knew right away,” Marrone said, “that if this was the situation, Nathaniel was the one I wanted to be with.”

‘Under terms of the new lease, the Bills are set to pay annual rent starting at $800,000 per season towards all stadium upgrades.’

‘”I played football in college, I loved playing it. I loved playing football, but I think I saw all the things my dad went through,” the Bills offensive coordinator continued. “I was in a locker room since I was 8. I was able to be around the guys, the guys took care of me — I was like the kid on the family. I just grew around the team, it’s all I know. I didn’t realize that. I think at the time it was ‘Oh gosh, Dad, it’s up and down. This business is crazy. We’re moving all the time.'”‘

‘Based off coaching staffs from 2012, having two coaches at that position is not all that common. In fact, only four teams employed a pair of linebackers coaches.’