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For all the football historians and purists out there still believing in principles from the way the NFL used to be, this col...
By Sal CapaccioTwitter: @SalSportsToday is the start of May. That means Bills training camp begins in just about twelve weeks...
By Sal CapaccioTwitter: @SalSportsTomorrow (or today, depending when you're reading this) is the start of May. That means...
By Sal CapaccioTwitter: @SalSportsAbout the first round. And only the first round…..Position that's very possible,...
In need of a third running back to round out their roster, the Buffalo Bills crossed off one need by coming to terms on a con...
The Buffalo Bills announced earlier this week they would be implementing a "robust analytics department." It's ...
The Buffalo Bills and Seattle Seahawks will face off against one another on Sunday in a Week 15 matchup. But before we go thr...
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...
The Bills have promoted DT Jay Ross to the 53-man roster. RB Fred Jackson has been placed on Injured Reserve.Ross spent porti...
One of the things we’ve heard all season is Spiller is pulled out of games because he’s winded. The problem is Ch...
Chan Gailey confirmed that Fred Jackson’s knee injury will keep him out of the final three games of the season.As far a...
Its games like this that make me wonder. Will the Bills ever have another winning season? Will they ever make the playoffs ag...
As we enter in to the final quarter of the 2012 NFL regular season, the Buffalo Bills have a lot of work in front of them 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 ...
Don't read too much into the Buffalo Bills 34-18 triumph over the Jacksonville Jaguars before 53,971 rain soaked fans at ...
What a disappointing loss it was for the Buffalo Bills.Full of hope to get their season back on track against a very beatable...
Oh me, oh my. We're surely in for an interesting week at One Bills Drive.The Buffalo Bills went in to Lucas Oil Stadium i...
As the Bills head into Indianapolis, the team finds itself getting healthier. Only two regulars will miss today's game --...
For the Buffalo Bills in the final six games of the season, there is little to no room for error. If the team wants to get to...
Heading in to what could be a pivotal matchup to the Buffalo Bills' designs on making a run at the postseason, the team w...
How do you start a movement? I’ve never done it. But I feel compelled.I want over 70,000 people to do the same thing.No...
It seems the Buffalo Bills may just have something to celebrate and be thankful for on Thanksgiving Day.During the team's...
By Mike SchoppIt's been a really long time since we've had big fun with our sports teams. It's five years since t...
There is little question that C.J. Spiller has established himself as a great talent in the backfield for the Buffalo Bills. ...
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 are doing their best to prepare for the Miami Dolphins on a shortened week at One Bills Drive. To start thi...
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 ...
Anyone who's watched the Bills play this season can’t realistically expect the team to make the playoffs considerin...
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...
Same story with passing game: Let me make this first part clear: I thought Ryan Fitzpatrick - when he attempted to pass - did...
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...
Whenever Bills Head Coach Chan Gailey is asked about the rotation at running back, he always talks about how important it is ...
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...
It may not have been a highlight reel goal, but Zemgus Girgensons prefers it that way.The Buffalo Sabres' first-round dra...
As the 'Upon Further Review' series charges on, it's time to take a look at what went wrong for the Buffalo Bills...
Ryan Fitzpatrick didn’t seem all that surprised by Chris Kelsay saying that on defense, some players were not going all...
One step forward and three steps back. That seems to be the way the Buffalo Bills operated in their most recent contest again...
The one that got away.When the Buffalo Bills ultimately look back on the 2012 season, this Tennessee game may just be the one...
One of the greatest defensive players in the history of the Buffalo Bills franchise and one of the best ever when you combine...
The Buffalo Bills are heading in to the weekend with a chance to not only collect a victory over an underdog opponent at home...
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...
One of the things that just didn’t seem to work was Fred Jackson and C.J. Spiller alternating series.I knew Jackson did...
The Buffalo Bills got back to their winning ways against the Arizona Cardinals in a 19-16 overtime victory.Continuing in the ...
The Buffalo Bills have two very good, maybe great, running backs on their roster. Head Coach Chan Gailey admits it can be a b...
The Buffalo Bills shoved aside the demons from the previous two games to collect a 19-16 overtime win over the Arizona Cardin...
There were many plays fans have been questioning from the overtime win in Arizona.The first was the wildcat throw late in the...
A strange thing happened on Sunday, moments after Rian Lindell’s field goal gave the Bills an overtime victory against ...
Fitz has regressed: When new QB coach David Lee was brought in, we were told he was working hard on fixing some of Ryan Fitzp...
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...
A win is a win is a win.The Buffalo Bills came in to their contest with the Arizona Cardinals with two weeks worth of questio...
Despite having a mediocre 2-3 record, the Buffalo Bills are heading in to what could be the most important game of their 2012...
When the two biggest playmakers a team has on offense both play running back, it serves as a fairly peculiar proposition when...
As the 'Upon Further Review' series continues, next we take a look at the linebackers, running backs and tight ends o...
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...
Disheartening. Embarrassing. Dominated.Three words that were commonplace throughout western New York following the Buffalo Bi...
The story of the Bills-Patriots game in Week 4 was New England’s running attack. 247 yards on the ground paved the way ...
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 ...
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...
The Buffalo Bills come into today's game against the New England Patriots at Ralph Wilson Stadium mostly healthy.Both C.J...
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’...
Fred Jackson came off the field and seemed much more upbeat than after Wednesday’s practice. He skipped talking to the ...
Good news came in twos for the Buffalo Bills on Thursday.Not only was Fred Jackson on the field for practice for the second s...
Earlier this week, I laid out the Bills running game stats and how much success they have had through three games running beh...
Continuing along in the weekly Upon Further Review series, today will be a look at how the Buffalo Bills running backs, tight...
When C.J. Spiller was carted off in Cleveland holding his shoulder, things didn’t look good. Chan Gailey wouldn’t...
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 ...
Heading in to the Buffalo Bills' latest contest against the Cleveland Browns, the biggest topic of conversation circled a...
Throughout the first two years of Chan Gailey's tenure as head coach of the Buffalo Bills, there have been some long losi...
Following a day in which the Buffalo Bills called it a "precautionary" rest day for starting weakside linebacker Ni...
OLB Nick Barnett was watching practice Thursday with an undisclosed injury. Chan Gailey said, "It was kind of precaution...
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?...
Here are the Sunday morning injury updates from both the Bills and Chiefs.Buffalo's injury report is relatively light, co...
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...
When the Buffalo Bills took the practice field on Friday, only one player did not participate in the final session of the wee...
It certainly was not the news Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Marcell Dareus was hoping to receive on his off day after the te...
Fred Jackson was pretty upbeat about his recovery on Wednesday. The runningback got hit around the knees on Sunday and suffer...
Continuing along with the 'Upon Further Review' weekly series, today we'll take a look at how the linebackers, ti...
The title of this blog this week should be “I’m-HOT-over-what-I-saw-in-New-Jersey-READS!” ......Where&rsquo...
Hear that?That's the sound of the collective bubble of optimism bursting after a three-hour outing resulting in the worst...
I know, it’s so hard to do after watching that game, but the loss to the Jets only counts as one loss. Just because the...
You've been waiting for this day since March right? Ever since the Bills stunned the NFL by signing Mario Williams to the...
A guy called us on Tuesday and stated that he was worried about the Bills 3rd down defense. This concern was based in part on...
By the time you read this, the Bills may very well have trimmed their roster to the final 53 players they’ll go into th...
The five weeks of training camp and fake games are finally over. Now, after an 0-4 preseason the Bills can prepare for real a...
Stop me if you've heard this one before. Summer is about to give way to fall. Pre-season football will thankfully give wa...
The score of the most recent preseason contest for the Buffalo Bills begs one question:Even though they got blown out, can yo...
With the regular season just a little over two weeks away, the Buffalo Bills have some big decisions to make for the depth al...
In the Buffalo Bills' second preseason contest, the end result was not indicative of how well the team played as a whole....
After being outscored 10-0 and outgained 115-6 in the first quarter the Bills settled down.Ryan Fitzpatrick took the team on ...
Onward and upward to the second preseason game.The Buffalo Bills have concluded training camp at St. John Fisher College, and...
Like Ryan Fitzpatrick going no-huddle and throwing on the first fifteen plays from scrimmage, here are some quick Hot Reads f...
Stevie Johnson appeared to be full speed for Monday’s practice at St. John Fisher. David Nelson and Torell Troup took p...
On the hottest day throughout training camp at St. John Fisher College, the Buffalo Bills elected to do a first in 2012 on Sa...
It's been a long and fun off-season for most fans of the Buffalo Bills, and on Thursday the off-season comes to a close a...
After focusing on the defense in part one of my training camp preview, the offense gets equal time in part two. While the Bil...
It's been quite the journey for Ryan Fitzpatrick.Starting off as a quarterback that barely made the roster in St. Louis h...
With the news coming across that former Buffalo Bills running back Marshawn Lynch has been arrested yet again, you can't ...
Hall of Fame running back Thurman Thomas is as excited as everyone else in Bills Nation about the upcoming season. Thomas sha...
You can read my observations of the first two days of mini-camp at the following links:--Sal’s Day One observations--Sa...
When watching the Buffalo Bills go through team drills through the off-season workouts in June, one thing that's audibly ...
Heading in to the 2011 NFL season, most that follow the Buffalo Bills -- if not all -- weren't exactly enamored by the pr...
While your mind might be on summer vacation plans this week, here's a not so subtle reminder that this is a big week in t...
You don't have to tell Buffalo Bills left guard Andy Levitre how substantial of a year it is for him in 2012."This i...
C.J. Spiller is a former number one pick for the Bills. He was drafted with the idea that he could be a game breaker.For the ...
The Buffalo Bills kept the positive momentum going on Monday, announcing that the team had come to an agreement with running ...
The Buffalo Bills have announced that Fred Jackson has signed a contract extension keepingthe RBa Bill through the 2014 seaso...
Following a busy couple of months, the front office of the Buffalo Bills could let out a big sigh of relief following the con...
About the first round. And only the first round......Position I don't think Bills should take: Offensive Tackle. Sure, ga...
The Bills have arrived in Orchard Park for the first day of their voluntary offseason conditioning program.The players say th...
After the spending spree that is the Buffalo Bills off-season, many fans are now wondering aloud one question in particular:&...
Bills running back Fred Jackson has been very vocal for a long time that he wants a contract extension. With his current deal...
Ever since the news broke on defensive end Mario Williams signing with Buffalo, Bills players have taken to social media to e...
If there has been one thing consistent with Buffalo Bills running back Fred Jackson since the middle of the 2011 NFL season, ...
How can you win the first quarter 21-0 and lose the next three 49-0. The Bills did just that as they finish off another futil...
As we approach the final week of the NFL regular season, you can't help but reflect on how many different directions it seems...
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...
It’s unbelievable after the starts Miami and Buffalo had they’re both now 5-9. The Bills losing streak is now sev...
Twelve straight seasons.Twelve consecutive years that the Buffalo Bills have not made it to the post-season. For at least ano...
The Buffalo Bills are the professional sports equivalent of the movie "Groundhog Day." In the movie, Bill Murray pl...
Remember waking up the morning after the Bills beat the Patriots for the first time since 2003? I do. I swear to you my first...
The last time the Buffalo Bills took on the New York Jets, a lot of things were different. Let's take a trip down memory lane...
The Buffalo Bills spent the early portion of Thanksgiving Day with their teammates and coaches at One Bills Drive, and got so...
The Buffalo Bills have been decimated by injuries in their chase for the playoffs. Now, they'll have to do it without their b...
Leading up to their latest three-game skid, the letters M-V-P and the name of Buffalo Bills' running back Fred Jackson were...
Did that really just happen three weeks in a row?The Buffalo Bills lost another laugher, this time to the previously hapless ...
Coming off a disappointing loss to the New York Jets, the Buffalo Bills now have to try and turn things around with three str...
Well, that sure was a dud, wasn't it?I'm sure the feeling some have following the Buffalo Bills 27-11 loss to the New York Je...
Do or die. Kill or be killed. Whatever old cliche you'd like to insert here like those, it would be appropriate when talking ...
When most talk about the great play of the Buffalo Bills offensive line, they'll allude to Andy Levitre, Eric Wood or whoever...
One of the most maligned draft picks in the history of the Buffalo Bills organization, 2009 first round pick Aaron Maybin spe...
Buffalo Bills running back Fred Jackson has been one of the best performers in the NFL this season, but doesn't have the sala...
With all due respect to the Buffalo Bills' 41-7 win over Kansas City to open up the season, the performance they displayed on...
The bye week was nice, but it's nice to have professional football back with a local appeal.This time around the Buffalo Bill...
Four years in to the relationship between the Buffalo Bills and Rogers Communications Inc., the home game awarded to Toronto ...
Through six games, the Buffalo Bills have made a statement to the rest of the NFL that their offense should be both respected...
Ok. Deep breaths, people. Inhale, exhale.The Buffalo Bills squandered a few separate opportunities to win this game, but the ...
In Week Six, the Buffalo Bills have the chance to top their win total of the entire 2010 campaign. When the Bills (4-1) take ...
Buffalo, N.Y. (WGR550.com) -Last season the Buffalo Bills had an epically bad defense.It was so bad, I could’ve run for...
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...
It wasn't always pretty. It wasn't always smooth. But when it mattered, the Buffalo Bills kept their upstart season on track ...
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...
After the first year of C.J. Spiller's career in the National Football League, the running back didn't exactly live up to the...
The answer is yes, absolutely.Now for the question.If you told me(before the season began) that the Bills would be 3-1 at the...
Ask ten different people around western New York, and they'll all express a different opinion as to how monumental or inconse...
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 ...
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 ...
Through two weeks in the 2011 NFL season, the Buffalo Bills are tops in the league in scoring -- and a big reason for that is...
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...
Before the Bills went to four Super Bowls there were problems along the way. The team was known as the bickering Bills and Th...
Ok. I admit it.I was a bit too hard on the team during the preseason. Whether it was their gameplan coming in, the lack of ta...
Chan Gailey was embarrassed by Todd Haley. Gailey was Kansas City's offensive coordinator and Haley first took the play calli...
Another season, and another year of Buffalo Bills football is on tap. It's been an off-season with no shortage of twists and...
The Bills' starting offense had a great showing in their contest with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Their starting defense was eq...
Ithought it wasa very nice job by the Bills first team in a half of work. Yes, the defense did give up 10 late points in the ...
When Lee Evans was traded to Baltimore, Drayton Florence voiced his support for Evans through Twitter.When Fred Jackson felt ...
You had to figure after Fred Jackson told a few of us Monday that he felt he wasn't being shown respect, that he'd be in meet...
There have been rumors that C.J. Spiller is the starting RB on the Bills and not Fred Jackson. Chan Gailey says that's not th...
(WGR550) - With two preseason games over this Bills team has a long ways to go just to be as good as last year's team. I list...
It was a disappointing effort for the Buffalo Bills starters Saturday night against the Denver Broncos, losing the gameThe st...
Shawne Merriman was the biggest Bills story of this game so lets acknowledge that and talk about it later.The Bills first tea...
For four years we had to do without the goal line drill because Dick Jauron was scared somebody would get hurt. To the player...
Bills second round pick Aaron Williams left the field Saturday night about 3/4 through practice. Chan Gailey said, "Aaro...
Outside linebacker Shawne Merriman was dominant during camp on Monday. He was constantly in the backfield blowing up plays. H...
The Bills had a walk through at St. John Fisher this morning and this afternoon at 3:20, it's the first open to the public pr...
Around 37 players associated with the Buffalo Bills worked out for another player organized session on Tuesday, and this time...
The Bills should be in Orchard Park together taking part in OTA's but with the lockout, they are reduced to scheduling their ...
Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints started it, now many players are getting together with teammates to work out so they're...
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Don't read too much into the Buffalo Bills 34-18 triumph over the Jacksonville Jaguars before 53,971 rain soaked fans at ...
Whenever Bills Head Coach Chan Gailey is asked about the rotation at running back, he always talks about how important it is ...
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...
A strange thing happened on Sunday, moments after Rian Lindell’s field goal gave the Bills an overtime victory against ...
And you thought the season opening loss to the New York Jets was deflating? A complete collapse by the defense, a self destru...
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 ...
On Thursday, Buffalo Bills head coach Chan Gailey told reporters that Fred Jackson was a bit ahead of schedule. As reporters ...
You've been waiting for this day since March right? Ever since the Bills stunned the NFL by signing Mario Williams to the...
Stop me if you've heard this one before. Summer is about to give way to fall. Pre-season football will thankfully give wa...
With the regular season just a little over two weeks away, the Buffalo Bills have some big decisions to make for the depth al...
The Buffalo Bills have been relatively lucky throughout training camp in not having to deal with inclement weather. There was...
It's hard to believe it, but after Monday's practice wrapped up at St. John Fisher College, there are only five pract...
On the second straight day in which the Buffalo Bills faced the hottest conditions the weather has had to offer during traini...
In the sweltering heat at St. John Fisher College, the Buffalo Bills wore on with another day of work at training campAfter T...
Nine games in to the 2011 NFL season, there's little doubt that running back Fred Jackson was the most valuable player fo...
After focusing on the defense in part one of my training camp preview, the offense gets equal time in part two. While the Bil...
Hall of Fame running back Thurman Thomas is as excited as everyone else in Bills Nation about the upcoming season. Thomas sha...
While your mind might be on summer vacation plans this week, here's a not so subtle reminder that this is a big week in t...
While fans weren't happy when Buffalo Bills running back Fred Jackson went down with a season-ending injury through only ...
With all the key dates for NFL off-season activity now in the rearview mirror, the Buffalo Bills and the rest of the league h...
The Buffalo Bills have at least one representative on a list of the best in the NFL.Bills running back Fred Jackson was named...
Meeting with the media at the 2012 NFL Scouting Combine, Buffalo Bills head coach was asked about some of the high-profile pl...
I spent many of my college football weekends last year watching the top quarterbacks. When the Trent Edwards era with the Bil...
The Buffalo Bills are the professional sports equivalent of the movie "Groundhog Day." In the movie, Bill Murray pl...
With the fibula injury to Buffalo Bills running back Fred Jackson, the team has claimed a running back off waivers.ESPN's Ada...
With the loss by the Buffalo Bills, the national rankings of them have gone down. Here's what they're saying around the count...
Here's where the Bills rank nationally following their 31-24 win over the Philadelphia Eagles.ProFootballTalk.com 4 (Last Wee...
The answer is yes, absolutely.Now for the question.If you told me(before the season began) that the Bills would be 3-1 at the...
Can the Buffalo Bills start the season 4-0? Depending on how highly you value the weekly Madden simulation on ESPN.com, the a...
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...
The Buffalo Bills shocked a few and impressed some more with their Week One win over Kansas City. Last week, the Madden simul...
Ok. I admit it.I was a bit too hard on the team during the preseason. Whether it was their gameplan coming in, the lack of t...
Another season, and another year of Buffalo Bills football is on tap. It's been an off-season with no shortage of twists and ...
After a tumultuous week at One Bills Drive, the Buffalo Bills finally made their fans want to shout -- and in the good way.I ...
With training camp over and half of the preseason games dealt with as well, I wanted to take a little bit of time to project ...
Yuck. Just yuck. With all due respect to whatever the second teamers may do on offense and defense, that first half was a pit...
The 2009 NFL Draft for the Buffalo Bills will not be remembered by the fact that they got three starters in the first two rou...
Football is back! Did you miss it? Me too. I'm sure you could write this about any team in the first preseason game coming ou...
After one season with Buffalo Bills running back and former 2010 first round pick C.J. Spiller in the fold, it's safe to say ...
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