Buffalo Bills head coach Chan Gailey has decided to protect his offensive linemen

The Bills began competitive play in...". I've went ahead and italicized the word that doesn't belong here. The Bills competitive? Since when? You've gotta be yankin' my crank. Even further reading drew up some obvious Wikipedia vandalism as, according to our graffiti-esque miscreant, the Bills won two titles in the AFL in the years 1964 and 1965. I've since deduced that the AFL was on break those years and the Bills simply went out and did a couple scrimmages with themselves or the local high school teams and then claimed themselves champions. They all went out for pizza and ice cream and felt like right good players.

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But the truth soon revealed itself as I read that the team has not won a Donte Whitner championship since the merger. This is fantastic news. They have had relative success, that is, relative to climbing the stairs all the way to the top, thinking there is another step and realizing that there isn't panicking, and falling back down the stairs. The Bills are the only team to win four consecutive AFC championships, and as such, the only team to play in four consecutive Super Bowls. And as such again, the only team to lose four consecutive Super Bowls.

I am one who loves the notion of putting your best foot forward - so long as when you step there is nothing below and you fall flat on your face. Such is the case with the Buffalo Bills and their Super Bowl wins. I do feel bad for their fans, but there's something almost poetic about it. The rising of the hopes of the fans, the calling for success and guaranteed wins, the merchandise that was bought, and then the meteoric failure as the football is just outside the uprights. Just outside. He missed it. HE MISSED IT!

So now we come to the present day Bills. They have a quarterback who exudes Marshawn Lynch that same mediocrity. Upon having a good season, he remembered he played for the Bills and opted to force a concussion upon himself. When he came back, he was throwing passes in an area that can be considered to be not entirely unlike near a wide receiver. That is to say, he isn't very accurate. The worst part about him is that he's made of glass. I could literally launch tiny little Fooch at him and I'm sure Trent Edwards would collapse into a pile of glass and dust.

Perhaps one of the most damning aspects about the Bills is that their best player - literally the best player on their team is likely a player who has yet to play a snap in the NFL. And the best thing is? He wasn't even the player they should have taken with that pick! The player I'm referring to, of course, is CJ Spiller.

Spiller is a great player, it's unfortunate that he's going to that franchise to die in mediocrity. The Bills, however, had a plethora of options at that pick that would have been better, considering the fact that the Bills are actually strong at running back. Who knows though? I bet he'll win them three or four games, which of course means the Bills are going 4-12 at best this coming season.

Do I even need to mention what's going on with Aaron Schobel? I really don't think I do. Schobel would rather play for the Houston Texans than the Buffalo Bills. That's right, a franchise that is barely remembered by 90% of all football fans is a better team to play for than the Bills. Surreal.

I need to wrap this up. In the coming days I will have probably three more of these before I wrap them up for awhile as the regular season starts. I'd like you to leave some comments telling me what teams you'd like me to write one of these on.

Buffalo Bills head coach Chan Gailey has decided to protect his offensive linemen  a little Paul Posluszny  more by requiring every offensive lineman to wear knee braces. Gailey began this rule 11 years ago even without much evidence that they help prevent knee injuries.

"I believe it because I know it, because I've seen it with my own eyes," he said. "I've seen bent knee braces come off the practice field and the guy's not hurt. So I know it works."

Gailey also recognizes that most players don't enjoy wearing the braces but he believes it's for their own good.

"No, they don't like it, but I think they're smart enough to understand why," said Gailey. "With all the injuries we've had around here, I think that they weren't quite as reluctant."

There are about a dozen or more teams that don't require their offensive linemen to wear knee braces.

One player on the Bills roster that was very vocal about his disagreement with the policy was center Geoff Hangartner. But even after discussing with offensive line coach Joe D'Alessandris, Hangartner changed his mind.

"Joe knows there's a reluctance on some of our parts to wear them, but he believes in them," Hangartner said. "And as beat up as we were last year, if it prevents one injury, then it's worth the pain that it is to put them on every day."