2007-08 Buffalo Bills
Things are not heating up for The Bills this season in cold upstate NY. Buffalo will need help from seasoned players and eager rookies if they want to have a shot at the playoffs in '07-08. While this might sound a bit hard, it is not like the Bulls don't have positives - they have a revamped offensive line and restructured defense. They also have Marshawn Lynch and Paul Posluszny in key positions. So it is safe to say that they are definitely a better team than they were last season - but can they overcome an incredibly challenging schedule? In any case, the questions Buffalo faces makes tickets incredibly exciting this season.
Previous Seasons
Buffalo Bills tickets may not have delivered in the 2005-06 season, but the recent return of former head coach Marv Levy as Vice President of Football Operations grants Bills’ fans the belief that the franchise may make its first return to the postseason in seven years. After a winning season during his first year with the team, head coach Mike Mularkey will use the off-season to understand the mistakes that the team made during his second year of coaching.
While the Bills first two decades in the National Football League only saw three trips to the playoffs, the team became one of the league’s strongest teams under the leadership of Levy and Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly. With Kelly’s passing strength and wide receiver Andre Reed, the Bills reached the playoffs each year from 1988 to 1993. Running back Thurman Thomas made the offensive attack equally as potent on the ground, and the Bills turned into the AFC’s premier team. The team’s defense provided the necessary limitation of opponents, led by Bruce Smith’s NFL record 200 sacks. While Smith did not finish his career in Buffalo, his years with the Bills were his most productive, and the team’s four AFC Championships could not have been accomplished without his performance.
Despite the team’s dominance in the AFC, the Bills’ postseasons are remembered because of failures: this is the only team in the history of the NFL to lose four consecutive Super Bowls. Fans in Buffalo looked forward to each of the first four years of the 1990s as the year for the franchise, only to be disappointed by the team’s mistakes and lack of scoring against NFC opponents. The most infamous moment in the Bills’ history is kicker Scott Norwood’s missed field goal in their first Super Bowl; a failure that many fans believe led to the Bills’ inability to win the title in the following three years. Since Kelly’s retirement in 1996, the team has only appeared in the playoffs twice, and Bills football tickets at the notoriously cold Ralph Wilson Stadium have been held in relatively low regard.
While the Bills’ struggles continue, many fans expect young running back Willis McGahee to evolve into one of the game’s best rushers. His 1,200-yard season provided a bright spot in the team’s poor season that was marred by an injury to quarterback Kelly Holcomb. J.P. Losman, a second-year passer, hopes to bring the same sense of excellence that existed in Buffalo during the team’s winning era of a decade ago as the team continues to search for its first Super Bowl Championship. With McGahee and Holcomb on the roster, Buffalo Bills tickets may be the sleeper NFL ticket of 2006.
