A winning season, top-end head coach, and rabid fanbase can only do so much to change the opinions of how people see visit the Buffalo Bills.
In an anonymous survey of Pro Bowl players by The Athletic, Buffalo was the “winner” of the “Worst NFL City to Travel to.” Buffalo still can’t dodge the view that the city is the Siberia of the NFL.
The Athletic highlighted that players had no trouble determining the worst city to travel, as one-third of the players surveyed selected Buffalo.
BUFFALO, yes, was the runaway winner, named by 10(!) players. “No charm, and all the negatives of Green Bay,” one player said. “Anywhere on the East Coast” was another response, declining to pick a single city. Said another who rarely leaves the hotel on the road: “I judge a city by the locker room, and Oakland has the worst.”
Before people lose their minds, it’s quite a small survey of players. After all, only 10 of 29 players who produced a city named Buffalo.
If the team can garner greater success in the future, then the reputation will surely change. After all, winning is best antidote for this standing among players. Arguably the greatest player in Buffalo history, Jim Kelly, initally coming to Western New York.
Winning and money surely help this issue.
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