BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll's first phone call after games always went to his grandmother, Ruth Kirsten. And if the results on the field weren’t positive, she had no problem stating the truth.
“If it didn’t go well, it wasn’t, ‘Oh, you’ll get ’em next time.’ It was a couple curse words in there and, ‘Pick your head up and do better,’” Daboll said. “That’s kind of what she was."
Kirsten died Wednesday at age 86.
“Big hole in my heart,” Daboll said.
After the Bills’ 43-21 win over the Washington Football Team on Sunday, left tackle Dion Dawkins said the day’s winning performance was for Daboll.