Once upon a time this was an easy question to answer but now due to the obvious circumstances it takes some serious thought as to who is worse, the Buffalo Bills or Dallas Cowboys.
To think that 16 years ago both of these teams represented their divisions in the Super Bowl for the second consecutive season seems like a distant and insane memory.
The Buffalo Bills are a young and inexperienced team that doesn't possess much talent and is still currently without a win in the 2010 NFL season. As for the Dallas Cowboys, they are a team loaded with talent that many picked as a Super Bowl favorite and currently sit at the bottom of the NFC East at 1-7.
On paper the Dallas Cowboys are worlds above the lowly Buffalo Bills. They are above the rest with their new Cowboy's Stadium, bringing in revenue, and marketability. As for the Bills they are one of the small market NFL teams and they have to travel to Canada just to bring in double the amount of revenue that they would playing at Ralph Wilson Stadium.
Just take a look at an NFL store catalog or any NFL catalog and try to find that awesome pillow that comes representing the Dallas Cowboys, but not for the Buffalo Bills. Sadly the market isn't there and neither is the popularity that the Dallas Cowboys have.
The Buffalo Bills may be 0-8 but have made strides and improvements to a struggling team. Ralph Wilson, the 92-year-old owner of the Bills, has entrusted his faith in Chan Gailey and Buddy Nix who have moved RB Marshawn Lynch, rid themselves of QB Trent Edwards, and picked up LB Shawne Merriman and are trying to do something to help the Buffalo Bills win.
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones hasn't done a thing to improve the Dallas Cowboys since the beginning of the season and is watching his team fall apart and hit new lows that Dallas is unaccustomed to.
The Cowboys are playing the worst football possibly anyone has seen and it all starts from the top. This time the dysfunction of the Cowboys can't be blamed on Terrell Owens as Wade Phillips can't get this team to actually give a damn.
Who would have thought that the Cowboys could get any lower than their performance against Jacksonville last week only to be crushed by the Packers 45-7? It's pathetic to see this team miss tackles, not continue on plays, and actually just give up. Watch the Dallas Cowboys play and tell me they are giving 100 percent?
One the other hand the Buffalo Bills have done everything they possibly can to win the last three games. Both games against Kansas City and Baltimore went into overtime and it took everything Jay Cutler and the Chicago Bears had to knock them off in Canada. The Bills play with their heart on their sleeve and refuse to give up each and every Sunday.
While the records of the two teams might be somewhat similar they are two completely different teams. The Buffalo Bills fans can at least hold their heads up high knowing that they aren't quitting each and ever week and that when you go against Buffalo you better be prepared for a fight.
The Dallas Cowboys may be dubbed "America's Team" but the Buffalo Bills, as the struggling underdog, represent "America" much better than a quitter.
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