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Not quite what Eddie Money had in mind is it? For me and my oldest son though, Cleveland will be paradise on Saturday night.N...
By Sal CapaccioTwitter: @SalSportsOf course how rookie QB EJ Manuel performs this season and in the immediate future will be ...
As the saying goes, no one sells hope like the Buffalo Bills. It appears the hope tank is pretty full, once again, for many B...
The 2013 NFL Draft is finally here. In what is sure to be one of the craziest first rounds in recent memory, the Buffalo Bill...
Well the mighty NFL schedule has been released, and the Buffalo Bills know when and where to start scheduling everything that...
Chad Ruhwedel has had quite the hockey journey, literally going coast to coast to play the sport he loves.The newest Buffalo ...
Round 1PickTeamPositionNameCollege1OTEric FisherCentral Michigan2OTLuke JoeckelTexas A&M3OLBDion JordanOregon4OTLane JohnsonO...
From one Hall of Fame quarterback to another, wide receiver Wes Welker will be moving along. Welker has signed with Peyton Ma...
Whether you loved or hated his play on the field, it was hard not to think of former Buffalo Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatri...
It has been far from easy for Brian Flynn on his trip to the NHL. He wasn’t highly recruited while playing high school ...
With the 2013 NFL Draft being less than two months away, it's time for the first look at a mock draft. It's almost fr...
The Buffalo Bills have their work cut out for them this off season. Moves are already under way with the recent releases of N...
It's been a while since you read that headline, but with the most important game of the season on the horizon, it's p...
I’ll admit I was scratching my head when the news broke that Doug Marrone was bringing Nathaniel Hackett with him from ...
Dear Mr. Wilson,Let the changes begin. The Bills meaningless 28-9 triumph over a New York Jets team that is more pathetic tha...
Regardless of the outcome of Sunday's game, the Buffalo Bills are locked in for a 4th place finish in the AFC East and th...
When I drive to Ralph Wilson Stadium for the season finale on December 30th, I’m half expecting to see the phrase &ldqu...
I want to be very clear about this game in Toronto. IT IS NOT A HOME GAME! I don’t care that the NFL considers it a hom...
It's the holidays. Time for tidings of joy and low, low prices and getting together with family members to look through o...
Okay, so the Buffalo Bills loss on Sunday to the St. Louis Rams all but mathematically did the franchise in for their playoff...
Many felt before the Bills played at Indianapolis that the Colts record was deceiving because of the teams they’ve play...
Throughout the course of a regular season, you'll hear players around the league speak along the same lines in regards to...
One of the most frustrating things about seasons that get away from your football team is what to do with the games that are ...
After the Indianapolis game, Stevie Johnson claims he didn’t mean to say that Ryan Fitzpatrick should do the play calli...
After the Indianapolis game, Stevie Johnson claims he didn’t mean to say that Ryan Fitzpatrick should do the play calli...
If the Buffalo Bills are going to make a push for one of the two AFC wild card spots over the final six games of the season, ...
Last week it was not enough preparation time and this week, it’s a weekend off and an extra days practice. That’s...
Mike Schopp and the Bulldog threw rocks at the White House... probably. Who cares. You're not reading this. These guys pi...
Let's take a trip to hypothetical town:A team has four red zone opportunities, forced three turnovers, held their opponen...
Orchard Park, NY(WGR 550) -- Heading into tonight’s primetime showdown with Miami, the Bills once again will be shortha...
October 18, 2001.Where were all of you on that fateful day?I, for instance, was a snot-nosed sophomore at St. Francis High Sc...
Only three teams since the current playoff format came in to being have been 3-and-6 and made the playoffs. It hasn’t h...
Orchard Park, NY(WGR 550) -- Heading into tonight’s primetime showdown with Miami, the Bills once again will be shortha...
The Buffalo Bills had an incredible opportunity to end one of their long-standing hangups on Sunday on the road against the N...
Most of us have been there.No, not on the 15-yard line with 29 seconds left and a touchdown away from winning an NFL game, li...
Chan Gailey said that Fred Jackson went through testing on Monday and is not doing well from a concussion he received in New ...
I thought all week long that a Bills win at New England would be incredible. This is because of the fact that, well, the Bill...
Shortly after the Bills 37-31 loss at New England on Sunday, Head Coach Chan Gailey was asked for his opinion on the play of ...
The Buffalo Bills had the New England Patriots right where they wanted them.Down by six points with under one minute to play,...
The Bills battled in that game. They overcame so much. It seemed like they were always having to overcome a penalty, but they...
Heading in to the second leg of the season, in order to save their playoff hopes the Buffalo Bills will have to do something ...
Mike Schopp and the Bulldog pick games and Bulldog went 5-and-0 last week. You know this because you hung on his every word l...
As the Buffalo Bills concluded practice for the week, a trio of starters received a 50-50 chance of playing in their upcoming...
Anyone who's watched the Bills play this season can’t realistically expect the team to make the playoffs considerin...
The last time the Bills played the Patriots, Dave Wannstedt had zero clue how to stop the New England run game. Wannstedt was...
During a recent segment on WGR, Bills General Manager Buddy Nix was asked by a caller if he would fire Head Coach Chan Gailey...
During a recent segment on WGR, Bills General Manager Buddy Nix was asked by a caller if he would fire Head Coach Chan Gailey...
If you read my post game column after the Houston game you know I wasn’t all shot in the rear end about the improved Bi...
Following four moves that impacted the active roster for the Buffalo Bills on Tuesday, the team rounded out their roster to 5...
The Bills will be without Aaron Williams for a few games. Williams got tangled up in Houston and hurt his knee. Chan Gailey s...
Just because the Bills hung with the team that has the best record in the AFC doesn’t put me in the mood to praise them...
The difference in the game between the Buffalo Bills and Houston Texans is actually quite simple. A good team finds ways to c...
It's seemed like an eternity since the Buffalo Bills were last on the field. Following the way they lost to the Tennessee...
Usually at this time I talk about the game coming up on Sunday. Today, I’m going to look at the last seven Sunday&rsquo...
Better players, worse results:390 yards. 197 yards rushing. 64% 3rd down conversions. The awful numbers continue for the Bill...
One of the greatest defensive players in the history of the Buffalo Bills franchise and one of the best ever when you combine...
Schopp and the Bulldog pick NFL and College Football games every Friday.Do you know that old adage about a tree falling in th...
Let’s talk about the deep pass.Ryan Fitzpatrick and Chan Gailey are both asked about it a lot these days.It’s som...
I had to dust off the old time football handbook for this week's preview. Its time to talk about run and stop the run for...
During the two-game losing stretch where the Buffalo Bills lost some respect as well as their swagger, they also found names ...
The Buffalo Bills have two very good, maybe great, running backs on their roster. Head Coach Chan Gailey admits it can be a b...
There's a question mark in the header there because while I was hoping for 4-2, which would have meant an opening day win...
I think this may be the hardest column I’ve ever tried to write since we’ve been doing them.While Jay Feely was l...
Despite having a mediocre 2-3 record, the Buffalo Bills are heading in to what could be the most important game of their 2012...
Mike Schopp and the Bulldog have been picking football games on Friday for years. And, for years, you have cared about their ...
The good thing for the Bills is they were not in town to hear how disgusted fans are with this football team after blowout lo...
It was 2008.The Bills were 4-0, averaging over 27 points a game and allowing only 17.5.QB Trent Edwards was being mentioned i...
Are you familiar with the phrase “the unstoppable force meets the immovable object”? I’m going to tweak it ...
For the second straight week, the Buffalo Bills failed to show up in the second half of their contest against a legitimate Su...
FitzMaddening: The criticism of Ryan Fitzpatrick's inability to throw the deep ball has almost always been centered aroun...
Well that's not exactly the way to start off what will be the most critical part of the season, now is it?The Buffalo Bil...
I was struggling while trying to figure out how to start this column and I thought taking the dog out for a walk and getting ...
You're not reading this. Why am I typing? You don't care. No one does! Mike Schopp and the Bulldog are picking footba...
There’s been a lot of talk this week about how the Bills need need a “fiery coach.” Someone who will get in...
I think we all know a game against the Niners in San Francisco is a tough task. In the past year, Ryan Fitzpatrick has been a...
With high hopes and expectations heading in to the contest, the Buffalo Bills came out of their game at Ralph Wilson Stadium ...
The story of the Bills-Patriots game in Week 4 was New England’s running attack. 247 yards on the ground paved the way ...
I know it’s unbelievable, but some are calling for Bills Defensive Coordinator Dave Wannstedt’s head after just f...
When the Buffalo Bills reached out to Mario Williams, courted him and signed him to the biggest contract in NFL history signe...
Where to start in this one? So many areas I can cover and not many, if any, positive for he Bills. But that said here are my ...
Aren't you sick of it? I mean just sick of it. Had it up to here, or there, or anywhere you like. We've been here so ...
Murphy's Law.A pair of words that are often associated with a string of bad luck, in which a person or a group continue t...
And you thought the season opening loss to the New York Jets was deflating? A complete collapse by the defense, a self destru...
It's quite the opportunity for the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.Sitting in a tie atop the AFC East, the Bills go in to their w...
The status for the two-headed running back situation of the Buffalo Bills has yet to be determined for their game against the...
I just re-watched last year’s Patriots at Bills game on NFL Rewind (which, by the way, how awesome is that?). It’...
Wins the last two weeks by the Buffalo Bills have calmed the collective nerves of Bills nation. Nerves that were frayed by th...
Earlier this week, I laid out the Bills running game stats and how much success they have had through three games running beh...
Tom Brady is without a doubt one of the best QBs in the history of the NFL but is he showing signs of...slowing down? WGR&rsq...
Continuing along in the weekly Upon Further Review series, today will be a look at how the Buffalo Bills running backs, tight...
Three games into the 2012 season and the Bills are, it's safe to say, uhm, er,uh, what?Take two. Three games into the 201...
Some Hot Reads from the big Bills win over the Browns in Cleveland Sunday.....CJ’s impact is even more than meets the e...
Boy, do I have a bone to pick with the football gods. The Bills explode out to a 14-0 first quarter lead in Cleveland and it ...
Different week. Different opponent. But it’s the same story for the Buffalo Bills. As was the case against the Kansas C...
Bills. Browns. Buffalo. Cleveland. Can there be two cities with any more heartbreak in their sports worlds than the two Lake ...
Let's see, can the quarterback take care of the ball? Check. Can he make some throws please? Check. How will CJ Spiller d...
The most common phrase you'll hear within the next 36 hours will be this:"Welp, what a difference a week makes, huh?...
One game in and all of the high hopes fans had for the Buffalo Bills in 2012 have been tarnished a bit after the team's 2...
1992 was a pretty interesting year.Jack Nicholson told Tom Cruise he couldn’t handle the truth.Batman “Returned&r...
Now I know how Charlie Brown felt. Actually there were two Charlie Brown feelings I had while watching the Bills destruction ...
It isn't exactly the way Buffalo Bills cornerback Ron Brooks would have liked to kick off his rookie season, but it's...
Derek Hagan probably entered training camp on the outside looking in as far as a spot on the 53 man roster was concerned. But...
There's a major celebrity at Bills training camp. That's what it feels like anytime Mario Williams takes to the pract...
The first real sign that the NFL season is getting close arrives on Thursday when the Bills begin their annual training camp ...
I'll be honest with you. I always get excited about the start of training camp. Even in years when expectations were low ...
When watching the Buffalo Bills go through team drills through the off-season workouts in June, one thing that's audibly ...
The Buffalo Bills announced that 2012 season tickets for the Tops Family Corner section are officially sold out.The Bills ann...
The Bills only put individual game tickets on sale to season ticket holders and the team is already sold out for the Kansas C...
With one day in the books, there are two more rounds on tap in the 2012 NFL Draft. The Buffalo Bills own two selections in th...
With the 2012 NFL Draft just hours away, it's time to put out my final offering as to what may happen in the first round....
There's been plenty of debate today about whether the Bills will trade up in the first round of the NFL Draft, but now a ...
I've been asked the same 2 questions by a lot of people the last few weeks. The answer to the first question is, I don...
About the first round. And only the first round......Position I don't think Bills should take: Offensive Tackle. Sure, ga...
The 2012 NFL Draft is only two days away, and teams around the league are gearing up for finding the next wave of talent.It s...
I’m not a big schedule guy. If you’re the Buffalo Bills by the end of December you must play seven home games and...
With plenty of new things to chew on from what Buffalo Bills GM Buddy Nix has said over the past two days, it seems fitting t...
I doubt I’ve ever said “its perfect” when looking at a newly released Buffalo Bills schedule but I’m ...
I doubt I’ve ever said “its perfect” when looking at a newly released Buffalo Bills schedule but I’m ...
The NFL has officially released its 2012 scheduleHere is the Buffalo Bills' full 2012 season:PRE-SEASON:Aug. 9 - Bills vs...
With the 2012 NFL Draft creeping up and just over two weeks away, it's time for another set of projections. It seems most...
Perhaps one of the busiest off-seasons in recent memory of the Buffalo Bills added a new layer on Wednesday. The Buffalo Bill...
With the wild, wild first week of NFL Free Agency in tow, the landscape has shifted a bit for some teams in the 2012 NFL Draf...
Wide receiver Derek Hagan didn't get much playing time in Buffalo last year, but apparently he got enough. The Bills anno...
If all goes according to plan, Tom Brady has a new deep threat to stretch opposing defenses. The Patriots have agreed to a re...
The Boston Herald reports that former Redskins safety LaRon Landry will be visiting the New England Patriots tonight, but his...
Welcome to 2012 NFL Mock Draft #2.The last time I projected the first 41 picks (before the NFL Combine), a lot has happened w...
Welcome to another fun season of NFL Draft analysis!I've been hard at work watching what college football has to offer ov...
Eight teams, four games, and a Super Bowl Champion soon to be crowned somewhere among them.The NFL Playoffs have reached the ...
It’s an exciting day for everyone at WGR and all of the Entercom Buffalo radio stations with the news that WGR is once ...
Bills WR Stevie Johnson joined Mike Schopp and the Bulldog on Monday for the final time in 2011, following his benching in th...
We know now the Bills opponents for the 2012 season:Home: New York Jets, New England, Miami, Jacksonville, Tennessee, Seattle...
Happy New Year!No... really. Happy New Year! I'm not trying to make light of the situation. Okay, maybe a little bit. But sti...
As we approach the final week of the NFL regular season, you can't help but reflect on how many different directions it seems...
One more game. Sixty more minutes. One roundtrip flight schedule.That's all that stands between Buffalo Bills wide receiver S...
Well... who saw that coming?Not me, probably not most of you, and definitely not the national pundits that cover the NFL.The ...
I spent many of my college football weekends last year watching the top quarterbacks. When the Trent Edwards era with the Bil...
Twelve straight seasons.Twelve consecutive years that the Buffalo Bills have not made it to the post-season. For at least ano...
Did that really just happen three weeks in a row?The Buffalo Bills lost another laugher, this time to the previously hapless ...
The Buffalo Bills have quite the challenge on their hands this Sunday when they take on DeMarcus Ware and the vaunted Dallas ...
Buffalo, N.Y. (wgr550.com) -Big game football returns to Ralph Wilson Stadium Sunday as the Bills play host to the New York J...
Despite not having two former Pro Bowl players for their game Sunday, the Buffalo Bills shut out the Washington Redskins in a...
The bye week was nice, but it's nice to have professional football back with a local appeal.This time around the Buffalo Bill...
As the Buffalo Bills prepare to take on the Washington Redskins this Sunday in Toronto, the team's injury list stayed the sam...
Buffalo, N.Y. (WGR550.com) -Last season the Buffalo Bills had an epically bad defense.It was so bad, I could’ve run for...
Let's go back all the way to the 2011 NFL Scouting Combine in February.Marcell Dareus, the defensive tackle from Alabama, was...
What a day in Orchard Park. The Bills and their fans hadn't played on such a warm October day since 1979 when the Baltimore C...
Buffalo, N.Y. (WGR550.com) -One quarter down.Three to go.The Bills are off to a nice start at 3-1, but there’s a lot of...
Let me just start off by saying this....Yes. It was a catch. It was a bad call that should have resulted in a first down. But...
So much for the question of whether time travel is possible. We must have all gone back in time 20 years, right? Isn’t ...
All time wild night in Major League Baseball. Furious comebacks in games and in Wild Card races capped by Evan Longoria's wa...
It's been quite some time since the Buffalo Bills have been involved in a contest that could garner the term 'trap game' in w...
The way the Buffalo Bills were talking on Monday, you would have believed that they've been in this scenario before.On the he...
The Buffalo Bills enjoyed their mandated 24-hour celebration stemming from the win over New England, and now it's on to the n...
I'm not going to lie to you. When the Patriots went up 21-0 in the second quarter I thought there was zero chance the Bills w...
Did that really just happen?Stunned. Shocked. Flabbergasted. Whichever word you prefer, what the Buffalo Bills did on Sunday ...
The Sam Adams game. The Lawyer Milloy game. However you want to remember it, the 31-0 win at Ralph Wilson Stadium over a Tom ...
This morning Joe Buscaglia andIgot into a big discussion about Ryan Fitzpatrick's future. We talked about theBills' desire to...
Maybe you prefer this to not be in the form of a question. Something more like, BEAT NEW ENGLAND!!!! Or perhaps even a swear ...
It’s a good thing I don’t own a sports franchise.My General Manager would hate me.For example, if I owned the Buf...
Last year, the Buffalo Bills would have found a way to lose that game. Last year, a crushing blow late in the game would have...
As we get ready for the 2011 home opener for the Buffalo Bills, allow me to share some random thoughts:· Once the Chie...
He may not have the most eye-popping statistics in the National Football League. He probably isn't the first player that come...
What does winning the opener do for the Bills, or really what does it do for their fans? Well the way the schedule sets up we...
The Buffalo Bills today announced that the team has claimed and was awarded TE Lee Smith off waivers from the New England Pat...
Shawne Merriman was the biggest Bills story of this game so lets acknowledge that and talk about it later.The Bills first tea...
Thinking about the retirement of Kerry Collins, Mike Schopp decided to make a running list of the all-time players for each N...
The NFL and its players wrapped up another session of "secret" meetings after spending the second-straight day hold...
The NFL and the players continued their 'secret' settlement talks on Wednesday with many high profile names showing up to par...
1.) Carolina - Cam Newton, QB, Auburn2.)Denver - VonMiller, LB, Texas A&M3.)Buffalo - Marcell Dareus, DL, Alabama4.)Cincinnat...
Ladies and gentlemen: Welcome to the 2011 NFLDraft.I don't know about you all, but I love today almost as much as any day of...
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The Buffalo Bills have their work cut out for them this off season. Moves are already under way with the recent releases of N...
Dear Mr. Wilson,Let the changes begin. The Bills meaningless 28-9 triumph over a New York Jets team that is more pathetic tha...
Quick show of hands. How many of you are thrilled to see the 2012 Buffalo Bills season come to an end on Sunday? One, two thr...
Regardless of the outcome of Sunday's game, the Buffalo Bills are locked in for a 4th place finish in the AFC East and th...
When I drive to Ralph Wilson Stadium for the season finale on December 30th, I’m half expecting to see the phrase &ldqu...
If the Buffalo Bills are going to make a push for one of the two AFC wild card spots over the final six games of the season, ...
One of the greatest defensive players in the history of the Buffalo Bills franchise and one of the best ever when you combine...
I had to dust off the old time football handbook for this week's preview. Its time to talk about run and stop the run for...
Are you familiar with the phrase “the unstoppable force meets the immovable object”? I’m going to tweak it ...
I was struggling while trying to figure out how to start this column and I thought taking the dog out for a walk and getting ...
Last season as the Buffalo Bills defense was getting gashed by opposing offenses, cries rang out from Bills Nation. “Fi...
And you thought the season opening loss to the New York Jets was deflating? A complete collapse by the defense, a self destru...
The New England Patriots are notorious for listing any little injury on the weekly report, sometimes even comically so.Howeve...
Boy, do I have a bone to pick with the football gods. The Bills explode out to a 14-0 first quarter lead in Cleveland and it ...
Different week. Different opponent. But it’s the same story for the Buffalo Bills. As was the case against the Kansas C...
Now I know how Charlie Brown felt. Actually there were two Charlie Brown feelings I had while watching the Bills destruction ...
The Buffalo Bills officially announced Tuesday that their game against the Tennessee Titans on October 21 has been sold out.T...
Derek Hagan probably entered training camp on the outside looking in as far as a spot on the 53 man roster was concerned. But...
There's a major celebrity at Bills training camp. That's what it feels like anytime Mario Williams takes to the pract...
I'll be honest with you. I always get excited about the start of training camp. Even in years when expectations were low ...
As the Buffalo Bills continued along with Organized Team Activities on Monday, Leodis McKelvin showed up in a big way.Without...
We're still three weeks out from the start of the 2012 NFL Draft, but the rumors are flying. As they become available, I&...
Buffalo Bills General Manager Buddy Nix joked with reporters following the Mario Williams signing that the contract may dry u...
A late season addition to the roster will at least have another chance to make the Buffalo Bills in 2012. The Bills announced...
It’s an exciting day for everyone at WGR and all of the Entercom Buffalo radio stations with the news that WGR is once ...
For the second straight season, a soon-to-be unrestricted free agent of the Buffalo Bills was nowhere to be found during the ...
I spent many of my college football weekends last year watching the top quarterbacks. When the Trent Edwards era with the Bil...
Add another name to the growing injured reserve list of the Buffalo Bills.Tight end Lee Smith suffered an ankle injury agains...
It was a scary moment for fans of the Buffalo Bills, and certainly moreso for the man donning the number-23 jersey.Rookie cor...
With the BuffaloBills sitting pretty at 3-0, I thought it would be interested to see where all the national writers have the ...
This quite possibly could be the most hype heading in to a Buffalo Bills-New England Patriots matchup in recent memory. The o...
The latest Madden simulations are out on ESPN.com, and after predicting a win last week for the Buffalo Bills, this week it's...
He may not have the most eye-popping statistics in the National Football League. He probably isn't the first player that com...
With a deal in place, there is a timeline in place for the start of training camp around the NFL.The question is, what day m...
The Bills and the rest of the NFL seem to be heading toward and end to the lockout, and that affects a couple of stories I wa...
With the 2011 NFLDraft closing in, it's time to convey my final projections for the three-day event.I've included the Bills'...
It's hard to believe we're just over a week away from the NFLDraft.This hasn't been your normal draft year. Thanks to the NF...
We're on the cusp of April, and I'm back at it again. It's been almost a month since my last mock draft, and a few things hav...
With time to digest how each prospect looked in Indianapolis at the NFL Scouting Combine, the way the draft may play out has...
The 2010-2011 NFL season is officially behind us. When the Green Bay Packers captured the Lombardi Trophy, the focal point fo...
It's All-Star season for selected seniors in college football for the next couple of weeks. In Orlando this weekend, the East...
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