COMPETITIVE STREAK: Lions cornerback Bly aims to win

Posted Oct 2, 2006

By the end of his rookie year in St. Louis, Bly owned a Super Bowl ring. But more than that, the Rams were the team that fostered his reputation of playing with all-out passion. And Bly believes those traits were born not from the games, but from battles in practice. Lions wide receiver Az-Zahir Hakim remembers. Hakim was in his second year with the Rams, in 1999, during Bly's rookie season. (Detroit Free Press)

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