nfl.com - 8/15/2008
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What we learned ... Oh Canada: In the first of eight games the Bills will play in Toronto through 2012 (five regular season, three preseason), they thrilled the Canadian crowd with their big win over the Steelers. The exciting football they played is a good start to the five-year series for Buffalo. Trent Edwards looks sharp: Edwards got the start for the Bills, and looked the part. He went ...
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BUFFALO BILLS PRESEASON ONE-LINERS
ProFootballTalk.com —
QB Trent Edwards looked sharp in a win over the Steelers in Toronto. TE Robert Royal caught two touchdown passes . Said head coach Dick Jauron, “It was really a great way for us to start with our offense moving the ball against what we think is a real good football team. It was a terrific start for us here in Toronto .” The announced crowd of 48,434 seemed genuinely excited . According to one account, the game was about 5,000 shy of a sellout . But plenty of tickets were given away .“We’re very excited just in the fact that we feel we improved off last week’s performance ,” Edwards said. Rookie CB Leodis McKelvin gave the ...
Preseason Week 2: Lions on Deck
Stripe Hype | A Cincinnati Bengals Blog —
So, did we learn anything from the first preseason game? Probably — but what exactly that was will only reveal itself in hindsight. Is it significant that the Bengals won? Maybe. It’s only the second time they’ve emerged victorious from their first preseason outing. Were Monday night’s tackling woes part of the shape of things to come? That would be my candidate for “Most Likely to Carry Over Into the Regular Season,” but we’ll see.
One thing I’m not yet concerned about is the offense. Yes, they had a slow start, but were also missing Rudi Johnson, Willie Anderson and Carson ...
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Leftwich Debuts For Steelers —
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Backup quarterback Byron Leftwich made his exhibition-season debut for the Pittsburgh Steelers in Thursday night's loss to the Buffalo Bills in Toronto. Leftwich completed five of 11 passes for 41 yards--nothing great, but not bad either considering ...
No Sellout For Bills in Toronto —
Mark Maske's NFL Insider 8/15/2008
The announced attendance at the Buffalo Bills' preseason game Thursday night in Toronto was 48,434. That was about 5,000 shy of capacity at Rogers Centre. It was the first of eight home games that the Bills are scheduled to play in Toronto over a ...
