Another NFL season is in the books and the Super Bowl participants have shown the city of Buffalo exactly how far away from relevance the Bills are.

A season that started so promising ended in a nosedive for the Bills. There were countless questions surrounding the team in training camp that came to a head during the season-ending losing streak. Even worse, after spanking Tom Brady early in the year, the Bills were shredded by the NFL’s most metro-sexual gunslinger to end the year. Then they got to see him prance around Super Bowl media day trashing the city’s hotels.

Of course, Tommy lost his second-straight Super Bowl to Eli Manning. Boo frickity hoo, Boston has enjoyed more success than the ugliest members of any late ‘90s boy band these last few years. Get over it.

The point of this post is to highlight where the Bills are headed, not to rail against the Patriots. But I do feel the need to sidetrack for a moment. For starters, Brady wasn’t that far off on Buffalo’s hotels. There are some real holes throughout WNY (see: Adam’s Mark). But he was also comparing apples and oranges to an extent since none of Buffalo’s hotels would compare to all-inclusive resorts he stays at while dancing and watersliding like a girl on his summer vacations.

Seeing Brady lose the game gave plenty of redemption for his comments. Considering I wasn’t all that hung up on them to begin with, it wasn’t that big of a deal. If as much energy was put into developing downtown as it is barking at these guys, Buffalo would be a terrific city. Consider the loss karma for his comments and for being generally douchey all the time.

There is plenty of solace in seeing the Patriots lose the Super Bowl. Not because I have a deep seeded jealousy of their success. Rather, my team is still so many steps away from being a contender that I have found many other teams to take interest in since they’re contenders. The Bills had a nice run early on, but have so many glaring weaknesses, you wonder if this draft will do enough to remedy the maladies. Continue reading →