CHRIS WINKLER (CHAUTAUQUA STAR) -- In hindsight, how bad is 6-10? I’ll be the first one to tell you the Bills pulled another miraculous choke job after starting the season 5-2. But, considering just how low the talent level was, six wins is still at least a step in the right direction. OK, no playoffs in 12 years. OK, this is the fourth straight ... Read More

“What’s that? Playoffs? Don’t talk about playoffs. Are you kidding me? Playoffs?! I just hope we can win a game.” – Jim Mora Sr. Sure Jim Mora was talking about his 2001 Indianapolis Colts team, but almost exactly 10 years later, he might as well have been talking about the 2011 Buffalo Bills ... Read More

DUNKIRK, NY — I’ve been to plenty of Buffalo Bills games in my lifetime. Too many to count. Too many horrid memories. Too many Patriots losses. Thus, what happened last Sunday at Ralph Wilson Stadium was easily the greatest Bills game I have ever been to. For many Bills fans my age, we only know of ... Read More

We’re nearly a full week removed from the conclusion of the NFL Draft and by most accounts the Buffalo Bills did fairly well. It’s not often the Bills are placed on the “winners” side of the ledger by experts, so I won’t try to rain on fans’ parades. However, there’s really little sense in “grading” a draft before any of the ... Read More

A few thoughts on the NFL playoffs: Boy, the media sure does like to sensationalize, don’t they? Being a sports writer myself, it hurts to say, but that fact shows no more clearly than the media’s handling of Philadelphia quarterback Michael Vick this season. Look, I understand why Vick’s story grabbed headlines. Going from the ... Read More

For the first time in 18 years, a week where every NFL team played passed without Brett Favre stepping off the sidelines. Favre, now more grandfatherly than NFL star, watched his Minnesota Vikings play the New York Giants on Monday night as merely a spectator, his illustrious consecutive games started streak coming to an end with a whimper. ... Read More