Bills release PK Lindell  The SportsXchange  Longtime Buffalo
Bills placekicker Rian Lindell was released by the team Monday.
Lindell owns the team record with an 83.3 field-goal percentage
mark and was second in franchise history with 980 points and 225
field goals made.  Lindell lost the competition for the Bills'
kicking job to sixth-round pick Dustin Hopkins, who displayed a
stronger leg in training camp.  "It's always tough when you have
to release a player like Rian Lindell," coach Doug Marrone said.
"A true professional that's obviously been with the organization
for quite some time and I have a lot of respect for him even
though I wasn't here with him in the past. One of the things
when I saw him from the film last year and I was looking at and
evaluating just kickoffs and long field goals, when he came back
he worked extremely hard and was much much better than what I
saw in the year's past. As far as the kickoffs and the long
field goals. I think in the past 10 days, Dustin has performed
better. So