The Buffalo Bills have become a trendy offseason pick as a team on the rise and about ready to reach the next level, knocking on the door of the playoffs. Bills RB C.J. Spiller however thinks the Bills are closer to being a Super Bowl team. The Bills are currently in the midst of a 12-year playoff drought, last reaching the post-season in 1999. Since 1999, Buffalo has only posted a season record over .500 once, going 9-7 in 2004.
Speaking this week on Sirius XM radio, Spiller declared the Bills close to being a Super Bowl team. “We split with New England. We had the Giants on the ropes. We are close to being a Super Bowl team. We have to protect the ball.”
I tend to agree with several pundits which like Buffalo’s playoff chances this season. Buffalo started the 2011 season 5-2 and then fell off in the second half. That fade in the second half could be in part to the fact that the Bills haven’t ‘learned’ how to win yet, but I believe that regression was due in part to Ryan Fitzgera...
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TEAMS: Buffalo Bills, New England Patriots
TEAMS: Buffalo Bills, New England Patriots
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