"Buddy Nix initially tried dancing around the question during his post-mortem Monday after he was asked if his organization had a recruiting problem. The Bills' general manager said all the right things about how incoming players, once they get a taste of Buffalo, want to stick around.

Right when it sounded as if he would get on a roll and position himself for a new gig with the Buffalo Niagara Convention and Visitors Bureau, he stopped short. He mentioned the usual shortcomings before eventually reaching the truth.

"A small market and everybody thinks about the weather when they think about Buffalo," Nix said, "but once we get them here, well, let me answer your question. Yeah, it probably is a little harder.""