‘Head coach Lindy Ruff has spoken as well this pre-season about more players in the locker room stepping up into a leadership role. Ruff thinks the team needs to take the same attitude and work on the same page to be successful. That is one aspect of accountability he is looking forward to this coming season. He thinks the new attitude ” has shown up in practice…[Wednesday] we were off the charts.” Ruff has been careful not to work his team too hard before the opener in two days as well.’