Buffalo Bills

    I'm a HUGE Buffalo Bills fan!  I've been one for as long as I can remember, but one of my earliest memories is Jim Kelly's first game as a Bill.  It hurt so much to watch them lose four Super Bowls in a row, but I'm proud that we made four in a row.   I can't even tell you how many games I have been to, but I did have season tickets for five years before I moved to Louisiana.  Thanks to DirecTV's NFL Sunday ticket, I have not missed one game though.

     I wanted to write about football because of the impending free agency.  It brings fans the hope that their team will improve so that during the next season they will be able to compete for a playoff spot.  I want my beloved Bills to go after three players and I, like many Bills fans, think if only we can improve our defense we may have a chance for one of those playoff spots.  Since the start of the salary cap in the NFL, fans of every team think they have a chance to win the Super Bowl.  The harsh reality is only one team wins and it is seldom the team that signs the highest paid free agent or spends the most money in free agency.  Last off-season the Philadelphia  Eagles put together the "dream team" and they struggled badly at the start of last season; it was so bad even the Bills beat them.

     The long and short of it is that I want my team to improve, but I really want them to build the team to win for the long haul.  I want them to draft good college players and keep them with the the team when their contract expires.  The Bills are starting to do that now and I hope it works because they haven't been in the playoffs since 1999.  Is this the year we end our drought?