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AP: Bills' Hughes isn't mellowing, but growing wiser with age

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Bills' Hughes isn't mellowing, but growing wiser with age

  • By JOHN WAWROW Associated Press
ORCHARD PARK — Jerry Hughes dismisses any talk of him mellowing.

At 32, the Buffalo Bills defensive end might no longer be the angry young man of his youth, when his various on-field eruptions would intimidate opponents and teammates alike, and undisciplined personal fouls would aggravate coaches.

Hughes insists he maintains a healthy capacity for volatility, which he considers a critical personality trait in getting him this far in an 11-year NFL career and eighth season n Buffalo.

What’s different is how he’s chosen to channel his Mr. Hyde alter ego — the one former teammate Kyle Williams once affectionately dubbed as “Gary” — for the greater good in emerging as one of the team’s unquestioned leaders.

“Getting older,” Hughes said. “And wiser.”

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