National Football League Blogcast, NFL Blogcast
In a matter of hours, Buffalo Bills strong side linebacker Angelo Crowell went from being listed as a starter — to finding his place on the injury report and out for the season opener against Seattle because of knee surgery — to being placed on injured reserve and having his season end before it got started. I checked the Bills injury report this morning and Angelo was not on it, so these developments occurred sometime this afternoon.
Angelo is arguably the Bills best linebacker. He led the team with 126 tackles last season. Hopefully this …read more

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Blogging the National Football League, Blogging the NFL
The Buffalo Bills added a Super Bowl XLII champion to their roster today. Former N.Y. Giants LB Kawika Mitchell signed a five-year, $17.5 million deal ($3.5 guaranteed) with the Bills today. This is a great move for Buffalo. Kawika really came into his own as a linebacker in the Giants aggressive, attacking scheme this past season. He started all 16 games and had 87 tackles, 3.5 sacks and one interception, which he ironically returned for a touchdown against the Bills in the second to last game of the ‘07 season. He’ll most …read more

Podcasting the National Football League, Podcasting the NFL
With four games left in the 2007 regular season and a record of 6-6, the Buffalo Bills knew that each remaining game was, in a sense, a playoff game. And even though 0-12 Miami was in town, the Bills also knew there was no looking past the winless Dolphins. I spoke with starting weakside linebacker Keith Ellison from the locker room after a convincing 38-17 victory kept Buffalo one game behind Cleveland for the final AFC Wild Card spot.
Shownotes: David Kindervater (host), Keith Ellison (NFL player guest)

0:26 – Lots of fun in the …read more