Back from bye week, Firebirds look to secure playoff positioning

As valuable as a week of rest was for an Albany Firebirds team smarting from back-to-back losses and a raft of injuries, Damon Ware said that he’d give his team even more time to recover, if he could.

“It’s been a crazy year of injuries,” Ware said Thursday during a practice at Hudson Valley Community College ahead of Sunday’s road game against the Beaumont Renegades. “We’ve had more injuries this season than we’ve had in the last five combined.”

The injuries have led to constant roster shuffling, especially on the defensive line and in the secondary, where the cast of characters has changed on a near-weekly basis this season…

Story continues

TRENDING NOW

LATEST LOCAL NEWS