Any day, folks...any day, this lockout will be lifted and the Bills are going to get back to work. I can just picture the Bills office having a bunch of photos of players on a chalk board a la what the FBI has when they are looking to crack an organized crime family. Photos of Poz, Florence, Whitner and probably a couple of free agents are on this board. I also picture that when the lockout officially ends, Chan Gailey is going to be waiting outside Ryan Fitzpatrick's house with a giant blow-horn, demanding that he come to training camp. Picture all of the coaches going to key players' homes. Maybe, the WR coach will call Stevie Johnson at 12:01AM and say, "Your a$$ is mine!? Get to camp! NOW!!!!"

It's no secret that I am a bigger Bills fan than a Sabres fan. It's very simple: I was 10-years-old when I began watching the Bills. It happened to be the same year they went to to their first Super Bowl. I watched the games with my older sister, who was a huge Bills fan at the time until getting married ruined her life (I kid).

If I were to make a list of the things from childhood that I hold near and dear to my heart, the Bills are easily in the top 5. Forget favorite Christmases, it was all about certain Sundays for this Bills fan. I can remember losing my voice when the Bills scored 3 touchdowns in 77 seconds against Denver. Then the next week, they scored like 3 touchdowns in like 4 minutes against the Raiders. I sh#t you not, I can recite the touchdowns and moments like I'm a DVR player.

I've always been of a mindset that if you are in a rebuilding mode with any team in sports, it would behoove the GM/coach to play their younger guys over the veterans. Sure, the vets will be taking the most reps in training camp and when the regular season starts, but sooner or later, your organization is faced with a question:

When do we play the younger guy?

As I've alluded to multiple times, the Bills are rebuilding. Excluding their punter and kicker, they only have five players over the age of 30 (Andra Davis, Corey McIntyre, Fred Jackson, Terrence McGee and Chris Kelsay) under contract for next year. Even being over the age of 30 -a number where everything seems to go downhill (every person over 30 says that) - all five players are starters for the team....for now. You don't want to be over 30 on a team rebuilding. It's a check to check proposition. Besides the age factor, you also have to look at when your contract is up. Roscoe Parrish's deal is up after this season.

Besides McIntyre, some of the players listed may be sitting on the bench at some point during this season....and beyond.

Two questions:

1) How many of you have unfollowed Donte Whitner on twitter?

2) How many of you can't wait for Whitner to leave via free agency?

Yeah, I'm pretty sure 9/10 readers are over Donte.

Let me tell you what I see with Donte Whitner. No, I'm not talking about a player who never came close to achieving his ninth overall pick status or a player that you'd forget was on your team, I'm talking about the person he's become...

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With the recent departure of Tim Connolly and all the venom that was shot his way, it got us thinking here at Buffalo Wins as to who the most hated Buffalo sports people have been over the last 25 years.  From Dick Jauron to Tim Connolly, here is my list of the most hated Buffalo sports personalities over the last 25 years:

5. Tim Connolly: The latest and greatest in the case of fallen profile among Buffalo athletes is Connolly.  When this topic first came up I wasn’t sure if Connolly was going to be on the list.  My final decision was between Donte Whitner and Connolly who have freakishly similar profiles in Buffalo.  Most people recognize the talent of the individual but have always demanded more from these players because they have both been sold as stars.

With having a staff of 9 bloggers, we post anywhere between 2-3 articles a day. So, I thought it would be best for the site to just have a weekly review of what posts went up.

• Mark B. talks about the signing of Ville Leino.
• Heather B. and I talk about the moves the Sabres have made so far in July.
• I hit up my bromance relationship with Ryan Fitzpatrick.
• Brian Bund and Fake Darcy profile Jordan Leopold.
• After a crazy week of adding key players to the Sabres roster, Fake Darcy returns for his latest installment of the mailbag.
• I conduct a Q&A about Ville Leino with some Philly bloggers, who just got out of a mental hospital.
• Fake Darcy and Brian Bund profile Tyler Ennis.
• Mark B. has Part 4 of his rebirth series about the 90's Bills. In this installment, he actually has quotes from Steve Tasker.
• No more excues for the Sabres.
• Brian and Fake Darcy profile Tyler Myers.
• Shelby Griswold goes over bandwagon fans and their legitamcy.
• Mark B. Revisits the Connolly for Peca deal?
• Mike Tracz breaks out his "Reasons you can't blame.." series. This week: Why you can't blame the Sabres for the Vanek deal.
• I go over the top 10 nicknames in Buffalo Sports history.

I gotta take a break from the "What if?" series for a minute. I'll admit, it's been a fun ride down memory lane, but the series has made me start to overthink things: "What if I skipped breakfast? What if I didn't eat that last donut? What if I asked this girl out?" I probably should have done the top 30 "What ifs?" in Buffalo sports history, not 50. Anyways, while doing research on the Chuck Knox teams of the '80s, I came away thinking the following: "Man, the Bermuda Triangle is probably the coolest nickname I've ever heard." Seriously, it's an awesome nickname. Once you go in, you will never come out!

After thinking about it, I was left trying to come up with the best nicknames in Buffalo sports history. Now, the rankings will go in this sort of order:

1) Popularity of nickname

2) Coolness of nickname

3) The player

 So, without further ado, let's break out the nicknames..

 10) Spiderman: The funniest Talley story I can think of is when someone asked Dan Marino, "Who is the scariest player on the Bills defense?" His answer..."Gotta be Darryl Talley. Do you see how ugly that dude is?" Gets me every time. Anyways, Talley's nickname came to him because he wore those Allen Iverson like sleeves or pantyhoses or fishnet stockings.  OK, they looked like Spiderman's outfit was draped all over his arms.  Because he's the only nickname I can think of with props involved, he cracks the top 10.