SAN DIEGO — If the Buffalo Bills ever win a Super Bowl, old folks will weep uncontrollably, raising toasts to departed loved ones who cheered the Bills for decades. Locals will risk frostbite to celebrate with strangers.
San Diegans could appreciate the pent-up emotion. For decades the Bills ran parallel to the Chargers in San Diego. Fellow members of the American Football League, the Bills won an AFL title one year after the Chargers did. Comparable to the "Air Coryell" thrill rides, the Bills fashioned flashy "no-huddle" offenses that took them to four consecutive Super Bowls in the early 1990s.
Starting with Thursday night's road game against the Los Angeles Rams in the league's opener, Bills fans will soak up this year's much-anticipated journey, while trying to repress memories of the franchise's near-misses.
