PITTSFORD – The tradition continues at Ralph Wilson Stadium. Even with Dad sitting up high in the heated seats – amid a sea of 70,000 fanatics – son still finds him. During a timeout, halftime, whenever Preston Brown has a chance, he looks up and his father always has a signal ready.
Outside the St. John Fisher College locker room, the Buffalo Bills inside linebacker imitates his Dad.
“He’ll do this,” said Brown, running his fingers, “to tell me to ‘stay on your feet.’ Because he’ll say I was falling off of stuff.”
“This,” said Brown, smacking a fist into his hand, “is ‘run through the tackle.