| Buffalo who? That's right. After going
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| | Royal, Larry Tripplett, Matt Bowen,
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| to, and losing, four straight Super
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| | Melvin Fowler, Matt Morgan, Kiwaukee
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| Bowls, the Bills have been like a light
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| | Thomas, James Bethea, Aaron Gibson,
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| bulb that keeps flickering as its dying
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| | Peerless Price, Tutan Reyes and Anthony
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| off. Finally, that light went off in
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| | Thomas. Let's take a look at their
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| Bills camp. In 2001, they won three
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| | moderate schedule this season.
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| games. In 2002, they looked like they
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| | Week 1: @ New England Patriots
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| turned the corner when they won 8. In
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| | Week 2: @ Miami Dolphins
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| 2003, it was back to the same old
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| | Week 3: New York Jets
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| struggling Bills as they won 6. In 2004,
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| | Week 4: Minnesota Vikings
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| they again looked interesting when they
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| | Week 5: @ Chicago Bears
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| went 9-7. Last season, they struggled to
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| | Week 6: @ Detroit Lions
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| win 5 games. Anyone else see a pattern
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| | Week 7: New England Patriots
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| here? If the pattern holds up, the Bills
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| | Week 8: Bye
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| are going to win many games this season.
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| | Week 9: Green Bay Packers
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| Could they be 10-6?
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| | Week 10: @ Indianapolis Colts
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| History watchers will not be so quick as
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| | Week 11: @ Houston Texans
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| to write off the Buffalo Bills this
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| | Week 12: Jacksonville Jaguars
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| season. Their schedule, however, says we
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| | Week 13: San Diego Chargers
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| should probably brace for a 5-6 win
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| | Week 14: @ New York Jets
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| season out of the Bills. During the
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| | Week 15: Miami Dolphins
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| offseason, they lost some key players,
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| | Week 16: Tennessee Titans
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| perhaps. The potentially key losses were
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| | Week 17: @ Baltimore Ravens
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| Justin Bannan to Baltimore, Lawyer Milloy
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| | That's a pretty tough schedule for a team
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| to Atlanta, Mike Williams to
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| | that was 5-11 last season. You can pick
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| Jacksonville, Sam Adams to the Bengals,
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| | out about 5-6 games on their schedule
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| Mark Campbell to the Saints, Eric Moulds
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| | that are against teams right on par with
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| to Houston and Trey Teague to the rival
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| | the Bills. The other 10-11 are against
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| Jets.
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| | teams that should be at least slightly
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| However, it wasn't all losses. They
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| | above their level. Four of their eight
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| picked up many players this offseason as
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| | road games are against teams that should
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| well. Among the new Buffalo Bills players
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| | be good to very good this season-Bears,
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| were Craig Nall, Andre Davis, Robert
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| | Dolphins, Patriots and Colts.
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