"Every game I have ever played," Edwards says, "high school, college and NFL, someone from my family has been there for me."
Shelby, 31, is there for him at road games and home games — and at home, mere minutes from Ralph Wilson Stadium.
"I'm here," she says, "to let him know he is loved."
Most everyone in these parts lets Edwards know that these days. Few athletes inspire communal love like a winning quarterback in Buffalo. Jim Kelly took the Bills to four Super Bowls in the 1990s and remains a prince of the city. Jack Kemp won two American Football League titles in the 1960s and got elected to nine terms in Congress.
Edwards, 24, is a long way from their sainted status. But he has the Niagara Frontier in a tizzy with his early-season play. The Bills are one of the NFL's surprise teams. They're alone in first place in the AFC East this far into a season for the first time since 1996, when Edwards was in seventh grade...
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