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Bills place emphasis on starting season strong

By Michael Smith
ESPN.com

Thursday, August 18, 2005

PITTSFORD, N.Y. -- It's August, but April wanted to make it feel like October. "April" would be the Buffalo Bills' enthusiastic special teams coach, Bobby April. During Wednesday afternoon's practice at St. John Fisher College, kicker Rian Lindell lined up for a 43-yard field goal try. Ordinarily, training camp field goals are attempted amid silence, but April figured why not simulate a pressure situation, so he gave the players who weren't participating a familiar scenario -- road game, overti ...

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