You have your power rankings. Lists. Other things of that nature. TheAthletic.com went all out on their own with this one, though.
But hey, when you’re top-10 in something, you take it.
Billy Buffalo, the mascot of the Buffalo Bills since 2000, ranked as the seventh-best mascot in the entire NFL recently by the outlet.
And here’s why:
7. Buffalo Bills
Mascot: Billy BuffaloDebut: 2000
Thoughts: I can just see Billy with his hair blowing in the wind like Lord Farquaad from Shrek. But unlike the main villain from the movie, he doesn’t suffer from Napoleon syndrome, seeing as he’s an imposing eight feet tall.
And is the nature with these sorts of things, we’ll compare the Bills to the rest of the division. Top of the AFC East for Billy Buffalo!
Things are certainly going well for Billy in recent memory. His introduction in 2000 was going neck-and-neck with the team’s longest playoff drought, and the longest in professional sports at the time. Both were born in 200. Which one would last longer? As the story goes, the mascot won.
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