Pity the Buffalo Bills. For their great historical achievements, it seems like it's the dark side that is remembered. No other team has ever appeared in four straight Super Bowls! Poor Buffalo, they lost all four. O.J. Simpson made NFL history mostly for his days in Buffalo, but their great legend is more legendary for being a murderer and crook. Owner Ralph Wilson recently turned 91 years old, one of the original founders of the AFL, that upstart league that would ultimately merge with the NFL by the end of that decade putting NFL football on a near even footing with Major League Baseball having teams in just about every major city. Wilson was even elected to the Hall of Fame to be enshrined in July.
It's been awhile since Buffalo had a real impact player. The Jim Kelly/Bruce Smith days are fading fast into the football history book. Well, they have one now, Terrell Owens, best known for his initials "T.O." which most folks know as "Terribly Obnoxious" or "Team Obliterator." Since leaving the San Francisco 49'ers, T.O. has generally done a decent job in his first year as shown in Philadephia and Dallas, but in the second year, all hell breaks loose.
The AFC might be the perfect torture chamber for the self-absorbed star. He'll have to contend with the New England Patriots who have a real knack for knocking sassy opponents into line. The New York Jets will have a new supercharged defensive scheme with head coach, Rex Ryan, anxious to help his new team with fellows like Bart Scott make their mark, and then finally there's Miami, Bill Parcells, their head honcho. Supposedly, bounty is outlawed in football but every player on the Dolphins will know how much the Big Tuna will be pleased to have the player most single-handedly ruined his tenure in Dallas flattened like a tortilla.
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