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Like all sports fans ever, Buffalo Bills backers can take solace in not getting gut-punched every single week last season like Detroit Lions adherents. Except maybe they can’t: At least Detroit never teased its followers with playoff dreams or an undefeated September. ...

The Buffalo Bills couldn’t hold a lead last season. It wasn’t merely on a game-by-game basis: They blew it on a global scale. The squad notoriously plummeted from divisional studs to sub-.500 playoff outcasts; in doing so, the Bills proved that no lead is safe. That ...

Buffalo Bills fans don’t have to worry about losing another alleged home game to Ontario, at least not yet. Um, yay? Owner Ralph Wilson claimed in an Associated Press interview that he’s pleased with the Treaty of Toronto’s current terms, and won’t reconsider them for ...

The dream of an 18-game regular season in the NFL may come true in the near future. Of all the wonderful things about two extra contests per year, the best may be that Buffalo Bills receiver Terrell Owens will have two fewer weeks during the offseason to complain about ...

Call them the Buffalo Billboards. A new NFL rule allows teams to slap ads on practice jerseys, and reports claim the Buffalo Bills are naturally considering taking part. They haven’t chosen to participate, yet, but skinflint owner Ralph Wilson is exactly the type who ...

The Buffalo Bills must be doing something right, even if nobody’s sure what it is. Reports claim that they’re on track to sell 55,000 season tickets for 2009, which is a remarkable accomplishment for a team that’s spent a decade proving true parity is impossible. Fans ...

The phrase “Eight-year veteran Josh Reed” just looks weird. The Buffalo Bills receiver joined the team a day before Drew Bledsoe did, and yet he still quietly maintains a roster spot. That’s not necessarily good, as some players remain unsung for a reason. But at lea ...

J.P. Losman has officially, finally, blessedly moved on from the Buffalo Bills. Probably. He may be going to the United Football League, a new association that will undoubtedly be a bailout candidate before the year’s end. Losman is allegedly off to the Las Vegas fra ...

The Buffalo Bills stopped opponents’ passing offenses just soon enough last season. While foes gained some ground through the air, they were unable to score against the Bills in the same manner. With improvements looming thanks to personnel upgrades, defenders must be ...

It’s worth repeating what happens to those who don’t remember history. The Buffalo Bills should particularly be aware that they’ll face doom if they make the same mistakes they perpetrated earlier this decade. Specifically, the fact Terrell Owens is aboard doesn’t mea ...

The Buffalo Bills were no good at intercepting passes last season, and some Bills can blame other Bills for that. It’s easy to call out the cornerbacks for their granite hands and diminutive stature, but those are genetic characteristics. Besides, the true culprits we ...

If either Buffalo Bills coach Dick Jauron or chief operating officer/quasi-general manager Russ Brandon fails, it would be thanks to each employee’s own incompetence. It’s not because they’re too pale. Yet, the NFL is doing what it can to turn staff pictures into mosa ...

While Buffalo Bills running back Marshawn Lynch caught more passes last season, he still needs to get more. His 47 catches during 2008 was a good total, but the 300 exact yards he gained from them was not. Coordinator Turk Schonert did a decent job using his star back ...

Plantar fasciitis is tough to spell, let alone overcome. Buffalo Bills cornerback Ashton Youboty, who has been coping with the malady since it sent him to injured reserve in early October 2008, knows. The heel pain-causing condition is a maddening problem for a player ...

Unfortunately, that’s as famous as Corey McIntyre will ever get. Florida police have dropped a misdemeanor charge against the Buffalo Bills fullback, which means he can return to faceless grunt work. Even the most ardent football fans outside of the Bills’ circle woul ...

Buffalo Bills quarterback Trent Edwards must use mandatory practices to improve on his average grade. His 85.4 passer rating in 2008 placed him in the fat part of the bell curve; what’s disturbing is the way he sank from proficiency to ineffectiveness, ending up lookin ...

Aaron Maybin owns a first step that’s faster than a tweaking grizzly bear’s. But is it speedy enough to keep up with opponents who are running routes? Teaching the Buffalo Bills rookie defensive end to drop into pass coverage should be a priority for the staff over ma ...

The best-named Buffalo Bills draftee has been the most pleasant surprise. Ellis Lankster owns a Tom Wolfe novel’s protagonist-quality name, and the mellifluously designated 220th overall selection is already working to get it on the back of a pro jersey. The defensive ...

Can Terrell Owens play well with others? It’s not about proving that he’s just been the victim of dozens of misunderstandings about why his shrieking or choreographed nonsense doesn’t represent who he is. Rather, it’s getting along in terms of how well other receivers ...

The Buffalo Bills are going to improve their defensive line with Shaolin ninja power. Of course. A tae kwon do expert named Joe Kim is consulting with the group on how to use martial arts techniques to get past blockers. It makes sense: Buffalo’s defensive philosophy ...