"Silly me. By Wednesday, with the Media Day circus over, I figured it would be safe to talk some actual football. The original plan was to ask the Giants about defending Tom Brady. I never expected to be defending Buffalo against him.

It's not as if Bills fans need more reasons to despise Brady. Since taking over as the Patriots' quarterback, he has gone 18-2 against Buffalo. The Pats have won those games by an average score of about 30-10. Brady is a pretty boy with a supermodel wife. This is his fifth Super Bowl since the last time the Bills made the playoffs.

Brady is the kid you hated in school, the one with the looks and the advantages, a reminder of your own pathetic irrelevance. But crushing a community's spirit on the football field isn't enough. During an otherwise benign recollection of his dad Wednesday, Brady took a gratuitious swipe at our hotel industry."