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It's been a different kind of offseason for Angelo Crowell
. Healing up from surgery, seeing a familiar face arrive via free agency, and thinking about his own future have made for an interesting three months for the defensive co-captain.
First on the list was the surgery just a few days after the season. Crowell tore his triceps muscle in the season finale at Philadelphia.
"It happened with six minutes left in the game," said Crowell. "I fell on my elbow and it just grabbed on me. I didn't think it was torn, so I stayed in for the next two plays and then came out when I realized I couldn't push with that arm. It felt like I had a cramp, but it didn't feel right."
Not exactly the way to start an offseason, but in hindsight Crowell believes it helped force him to give his body a break.
"It was a plus for me," he said. "Right after the season if I was healthy I'd probably be traveling and playing some golf somewhere. So it is a good thing that the injury kept me at home so I could rest up my whole body."
Crowell was in an arm cast for three weeks, but quickly began rehab in early February.
"I'm back to lifting and rehabbing. I've built it up slowly and I'm benching now. I'm up to 275 on the bench. Those first three or four weeks back I was weak as heck. I couldn't even lift 135 so that was a big change for me."
The Bills strong side linebacker says he'll be good to go for all of the team's OTAs and minicamps, and is encouraged by the upgrades that were made on defense.
"We've got a real good looking front seven with the additions they made on the front line and bringing Kawika Mitchell in," said Crowell. "Kawika and I came in together in the same draft class and I always kept an eye on him when he was in Kansas City. Guys you come in with you always keep your eye on and see what their numbers are and how they're playing. I saw he was playing great ball and now he's my teammate so it's definitely a great plus."
Crowell says all indications are that he will stay on the strong side and his new locker room neighbor, Mitchell, will fill the starting weak side role.
Entering the last year of his contract, Crowell is taking a laid back approach to the process. He doesn't want his future getting caught up with his play this coming season.
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. Healing up from surgery, seeing a familiar face arrive via free agency, and thinking about his own future have made for an interesting three months for the defensive co-captain. First on the list was the surgery just a few days after the season. Crowell tore his triceps muscle in the season finale at Philadelphia.
"It happened with six minutes left in the game," said Crowell. "I fell on my elbow and it just grabbed on me. I didn't think it was torn, so I stayed in for the next two plays and then came out when I realized I couldn't push with that arm. It felt like I had a cramp, but it didn't feel right."
Not exactly the way to start an offseason, but in hindsight Crowell believes it helped force him to give his body a break.
"It was a plus for me," he said. "Right after the season if I was healthy I'd probably be traveling and playing some golf somewhere. So it is a good thing that the injury kept me at home so I could rest up my whole body."
Crowell was in an arm cast for three weeks, but quickly began rehab in early February.
"I'm back to lifting and rehabbing. I've built it up slowly and I'm benching now. I'm up to 275 on the bench. Those first three or four weeks back I was weak as heck. I couldn't even lift 135 so that was a big change for me."
The Bills strong side linebacker says he'll be good to go for all of the team's OTAs and minicamps, and is encouraged by the upgrades that were made on defense.
"We've got a real good looking front seven with the additions they made on the front line and bringing Kawika Mitchell
in," said Crowell. "Kawika and I came in together in the same draft class and I always kept an eye on him when he was in Kansas City. Guys you come in with you always keep your eye on and see what their numbers are and how they're playing. I saw he was playing great ball and now he's my teammate so it's definitely a great plus."Crowell says all indications are that he will stay on the strong side and his new locker room neighbor, Mitchell, will fill the starting weak side role.
Entering the last year of his contract, Crowell is taking a laid back approach to the process. He doesn't want his future getting caught up with his play this coming season.
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