ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) Darryl Talley bit his lip so not to risk spouting a profanity.
The Buffalo Bills’ 17-year playoff drought roils the emotions of the franchise’s proud old guard.
”That’s real …” the former star linebacker said with a grunt of frustration followed by a short pause. ”That’s real hard for me to get my head around. I wanted to say something else, but I didn’t.”
The feelings are hardly different for Bill Polian, architect of the Bills’ golden-era teams of the late 1980s and early `90s. As much as the Hall of Fame executive-turned-broadcaster relishes the place he holds in franchise lore, Polian’s not too proud to suggest it’s long overdue for a new group to write a new chapter of success.