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Chicago Bears Week 9 Scouting Report: Buffalo Bills

November 2, 2010   ·     ·   Jump to comments

State of the Franchise
The glory days of the 1990s are long gone in Buffalo, as the Bills have failed to make a playoff appearance since 1999.  This year promised to be different with the hiring of Chan Gailey as head coach. 
The former Dallas coach made an immediate impact on the team by installing a 3-4 defense and a run-centric offense.  He also dumped two former starters, Trent Edwards and Marshawn Lynch, in favor of a journeyman quarterback (Ryan Fitzpatrick) and an unproven rookie (C.J. Spiller).  The result: a 0-6 start to 2010 season—the worst start for a Bills team since 1984.
Some Bears fans may assume this weekend’s game against the winless Bills in Toronto will be a cakewalk.  However, the Bills are better than their record suggests.
Let’s examine the Bills’ strengths, weaknesses and likely courses of action against the Bears in this weekend’s matchup in Toronto, Canada.
 
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