The Buffalo Bills look to move past the Terrell Owens circus from a year ago and regain some kind of offensive identity under new head coach Chan Gailey.  The Bills saw 11 different players start on the offensive line last year while three different quarterbacks took snaps and two different running backs were featured.  these contributed to the Bills not doing well against the NFL football point spread.  Gailey has already tabbed Trent Edwards as the team’s starting QB heading into this season, and rookie RB C.J. Spiller finally made it to practice after he avoided becoming the last first-round pick to sign his contract.  Spiller figures to be an integral part of the offense once he gets familiar with the playbook and hopes to become the team’s most exciting running back since Thurman Thomas.  There will be several more position battles throughout training camp for a team that finished just 6-10 last season, but that should only help the team bond under Gailey and become a tighter unit by the time the regular season begins.

Odds to win AFC East Division: +2000

Odds to win the AFC Conference: 50/1

Buffalo Bills Odds to win Super Bowl XLV: 100/1

Regular Season Wins Total Line: 5.5

*all odds quoted from Bodog*

Following is a breakdown of this season’s schedule for the Bills:

Week 1             Sunday, September 12, 2010    vs. Miami Dolphins

Analysis: The Bills dropped last year’s season opener 25-24 when New England QB Tom Brady threw two touchdown passes in the final three minutes and never really recovered mentally from that loss.

Week 2             Sunday, September 19, 2010    @ Green Bay Packers

Analysis: Buffalo starts arguably its toughest part of the schedule against playoff teams the next three weeks, including the first two on the road.

Week 3             Sunday, September 26, 2010    @ New England Patriots

Analysis: The Bills played the Patriots very tough last season, dropping both meetings by a combined score of 42-34.

Week 4             Sunday, October 3, 2010          vs. New York Jets

Analysis: The Jets visit Buffalo in the second of two straight road games against divisional opponents and third in a row overall against AFC East foes.

Week 5             Sunday, October 10, 2010         vs. Jacksonville Jaguars

Analysis: The Bills hope to enter their bye week with a victory here against a Jacksonville squad that went just 2-6 on the road last season.  This could be a great spot for NFL sports picks handicappers to fade the Bills.

Week 6             — BYE WEEK —

Week 7             Sunday, October 24, 2010         @ Baltimore Ravens

Analysis: The Ravens host Buffalo following a visit to New England before their bye week.

Week 8             Sunday, October 31, 2010         @ Kansas City Chiefs

Analysis: The Bills play the second of two straight road games before hosting NFC North opponents the next two weeks at home.

Week 9             Sunday, November 7, 2010       vs. Chicago Bears

Analysis: The Bears visit Buffalo off their bye week before hosting divisional rival Minnesota the next week.

Week 10           Sunday, November 14, 2010     vs. Detroit Lions

Analysis: The Lions play the first of two straight games on the road following a physical game at home against the Jets.

Week 11           Sunday, November 21, 2010     @ Cincinnati Bengals

Analysis: The Bengals host the Lions in between difficult road games against the Colts and Jets.

Week 12           Sunday, November 28, 2010     vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

Analysis: The Steelers visit Buffalo before facing playoff teams from last year in each of the next three weeks.

Week 13           Sunday, December 5, 2010       @ Minnesota Vikings

Analysis: The Vikings begin a stretch of three straight home games against Buffalo before hosting the Giants and Bears.

Week 14           Sunday, December 12, 2010     vs. Cleveland Browns

Analysis: The Browns visit the Bills in the middle of three straight road games after facing Miami and before a trip to Cincinnati the next week.

Week 15           Sunday, December 19, 2010     @ Miami Dolphins

Analysis: Buffalo has not played a divisional opponent since Week 4 but wraps up the regular season by playing the first of three straight.

Week 16           Sunday, December 26, 2010     vs. New England Patriots

Analysis: The Bills play their home finale against the Patriots, who are coming off back-to-back games against NFC North opponents.

Week 17           Sunday, January 2, 2011          @ New York Jets

Analysis: The Jets finish up the regular season at home against the Bills following consecutive road games at Pittsburgh and Chicago.