Published 8/14/2008
by Mark Maske
at Mark Maske's NFL Insider
The Toronto Experiment begins tonight for the Buffalo Bills. The Bills are scheduled to play eight home games over the next five seasons in Toronto, beginning with this evening's preseason contest against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Some followers of the team have been fearful since the arrangement was announced that it was the first step toward a relocation of the franchise to the Canadian city. The Bills and the NFL maintain it's merely an attempt...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.
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