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	2010 Buffalo Bills draft class I really have to say I am pretty down on the direction this team took in the 2010 NFL Draft. I am not a fan of the best player available approach to the draft, especially when a team has obvious needs at specific positions. For the Bills that meant QB and NT, but they used their first round pick on a RB.
	2010 NFL Draft review: Buffalo Bills I could be really harsh on the Bills, for not building their team the way draft pundits expected them too, or how many of their fans might have wanted them to. Instead of doing that I am going to judge them based on their front office plan, and on the fact that they reached for a nose tackle. They want a team that can run the ball, and a defense that is tough against the run. On the surface they drafted guys to do just that. We can criticize them for draft CJ Spiller who will join a crowded backfield and how far they reached for Torrell Troup in the second round.
	Draft Day Decision makers: Buffalo Bills Veteran NFL man Buddy Nix steps in to be the Buffalo Bills General Manager. Nix was a regional scout for the Bills in the 1990's and then worked for the San Diego Chargers eventually earning the title of Assistant General Manager. He is widely considered to be one of the best talent evaluators in the NFL today, and he was a big part of the reason the Chargers were able to turn their team around.
	2009 NFL draft one year later: Buffalo Bills The 2009 Buffalo Bills drat class produced a pro bowler, and two starters along the offensive line. That is a high quality draft no matter which way we chose to dissect it. One year ago I said that the Bills may have reached a bit to select Jairus Byrd however that move seems to have worked out, since he made the pro bowl in his rookie year. They had a plan for their 2009 draft, and it seemed to work out quite well. I haven’t even mentioned Aaron Maybin who lost a good part of his maturation to the NFL game by singing his deal so late. All in all it was a pretty good draft class for the Bills.
	NFL Draft 101: What should the Buffalo Bills do with their first round draft pick? The Buffalo Bills would love to draft their future franchise QB with the ninth overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft. However, it does not look like they will get a chance to draft him there. It looks like Sam Bradford and Jimmy Clausen will be off the board by that point. That means the Bills will have to address other needs for now.
	The mess that is the Buffalo Bills The Buffalo Bills have been pretty quiet so far in free agency. It seems their plan is to pick up a few players who are familiar with a 3-4 defense, a defensive scheme that they will switch to in 2010, and wait until the draft to address their other concerns. New Head Coach has his hands full on this one. He has to determine who will be the starting Bills QB, find a few receivers to replace Terrell Owens and Josh Reed, switch over the defense, and rebuild the offensive line.
	Fix the Franchise: Buffalo Bills edition I hate to have to bag on the teams I rooted for in my youth, or on owners who happen to be members of the Pro football Hall of Fame, but the simple fact here is the Buffalo Bills are a total mess. Owner Ralph Wilson is to blame for that mess, and as much as it sucks to say it is that time for him to give control of this team to someone else. Wilson is from my hometown, he once owned my Detroit Lions, and since my Uncle lived in Buffalo during the Jim Kelley years I was a big fan, but the facts remain the same. This team will not recover until there are some new generation football guys in charge of it.
	Buffalo Bills needs heading into 2010 The Football writers here at Examiner.com have been taking a look at the 2010 Needs for each NFL team. Today we take a look at the Buffalo Bills who finished 2009 with a 6-10 record, and have the 9th pick in the 2010 draft.
	Stadiums of the NFL-Ralph Wilson Stadium This stadium was born out of the merge between the AFL and the NFL. Old Buffalo War Memorial Stadium was just fine for an AFL football crowd, but after the merge league rules were changed to mandate that stadiums sat a minimum of 50,000 fans. Since, the old stadium only sat 47,000 and was in disrepair the Bills needed a new home.
	2009 NFL season in review: Buffalo Bills What can we say about a team featuring Terrell Owens, which went a very disappointing 6-10 and in the process got their head coach fired. They also happen to play one of their regular season games in a foreign country. It is a very weird time for the Buffalo Bills, who seem to be searching fro a new direction. Fired head man, Dick Jauron, didn’t have a terrible record with the team but got axed for the sake of change. Chan Gailey takes over the team, and it will be on him to get this team in the playoffs.
	Buffalo Bills needs heading into 2010 The Football writers here at Examiner.com have been taking a look at the 2010 Needs for each NFL team. Today we take a look at the Buffalo Bills who finished 2009 with a 6-10 record, and have the 9th pick in the 2010 draft.
	Bad football teams, make bad decisions I think we are going to have to face some facts, facts that their is an ever aging group of NFL owners out there whose best years are behind them. While they struggle to bring their teams back to some sort of relevance, their fan bases learn a little more each and every day that they are simply unable to do so. It is not surprising hat the AFL celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2009, and many of the owners I speak of are original AFL owners, or owners from that era.
	The people who own our sports teams: Buffalo Bills-Ralph Wilson Ralph Wilson has been involved in professional football since the 1950’s. Born in Michigan, he was once a minority owner of the Detroit Lions, way back when the Lions were a successful organization. Wilson went onto become a charter member of the AFL, and were it not for him it is very likely that that league would not have made it.
	Buffalo Bills fire their Head Coach The Buffalo Bills became the first NFL team to fire their Head Coach in 2009 today when they fired Dick Jauron. To say that the 2009 campaign has been a disappointment is a vast understatement. Finishing 7-9 for the past three years, added to what looked like a decent 2009 draft, on top of the signing of receiver Terrell Owens, Bills fans were looking for something more than a 3-6 start. In fact many NFL pundits had The Bills on a list of teams on the cusp of making a playoff run. Instead they have failed to make T.O. a part of their offensive attack, and it looks like they will have to undertake a massive rebuilding effort.
	Buffalo’s new offense lead to win Buffalo is running a new offense this year. It is a no huddle, hurry up offense designed to keep defense off guard. In all reality it is a throw back system to the Buffalo Bills glory days. Back then QB Jim Kelly ran a K-Gun offense that lead this team to four straight Super Bowl appearances.
	T.O. doesn’t like the no huddle offense It seems there will never be an end for Terrell Owners and his need for drama. Now, after missing four weeks of practice due to a toe injury new Buffalo Bill Owners says he isn’t the biggest fan of the plan to use the no huddle offense. While it is still unclear if Owners is unhappy with the offense, his limited participation in it, or the fact that this offense is going to make him work hard, an unhappy Owens is something the Bills cannot afford right now.
	Could signing TO be good business for the Bills? In what has to be the biggest surprise of the NFL off-season the Buffalo Bills signed a one year, 6.5 million dollar contract with Wide Receiver diva Terrell Owens.
	2009 Buffalo Bills Draft analysis It seems pretty clear now that Buffalo Bills GM Russ Brandon had a plan heading into this past off season. Some many think his signing of wide receiver Terrell Owens was a publicity stunt; however it now seems that it was just a part of an overall plan to rebuild this team on the fly.
	NFL Football in Toronto? With the impressive attendance numbers for the two NFL games held in Toronto at the Roger’s Center many are under the impression that Toronto will get its very own NFL franchise in the near future.