YardRat
10-02-2011, 09:11 AM
http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/bills-nfl/inside-the-nfl/article578622.ece
The Buffalo Bills and Detroit Lions today can become just the fifth and sixth teams in the last 22 years to start 4-0 after opening the previous season 0-4.
The revival of the two downtrodden franchises is one of the stories of the year so far in the NFL.
Detroit has turned around thanks to hitting home runs with high draft choices and finding a defensive head coach who has pushed the right buttons.
Buffalo has done it thanks to shrewd trolling of the NFL trash heap and finding an offensive head coach who has pushed the right buttons.
But there is one big similarity in philosophy in the two new regimes in Buffalo and Detroit. Both have set out to get bigger and more physical.
The Buffalo Bills and Detroit Lions today can become just the fifth and sixth teams in the last 22 years to start 4-0 after opening the previous season 0-4.
The revival of the two downtrodden franchises is one of the stories of the year so far in the NFL.
Detroit has turned around thanks to hitting home runs with high draft choices and finding a defensive head coach who has pushed the right buttons.
Buffalo has done it thanks to shrewd trolling of the NFL trash heap and finding an offensive head coach who has pushed the right buttons.
But there is one big similarity in philosophy in the two new regimes in Buffalo and Detroit. Both have set out to get bigger and more physical.