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5th Quarter Column: Defense Wins Championships?

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Reading Time: 3 minutesMitch Horucy  Sports Editor  Third-round pick Landon Jackson (#94) rushes the passer during minicamp, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. | Image property of the Buffalo Bills. With offseason workouts underway, fans are getting their first look at the Bills’ 2025 draft class.   It was a defense-heavy draft with six of Buffalo’s......
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5th Quarter Column: NFL Draft First Round Review

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Reading Time: 3 minutesMITCH HORUCY Asst. Sports Editor As said on the ESPN broadcast, Maxwell Hairston is trading his Kentucky blue for Buffalo Bills blue.  At pick number 30, the Bills went with speed on the perimeter of their defense, as Hairston ran a 2025 NFL Combine-best 4.28-second 40-yard dash.  He comes in......
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5th Quarter Column: College Football; Sport or Business?

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Reading Time: 5 minutesMITCH HORUCY Asst. Sports Editor Figure skating, diving, gymnastics, sometimes mixed martial arts fights and now college football.  All the sports listed are decided based on scores from judges, and not a set time and scoring format.   Now, one of the sports I listed isn’t like the others. That sport......
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5th Quarter Column: Bills streak grows with blowout wins

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Reading Time: 5 minutesMITCHELL HORUCY  Asst. Sports Editor The Bills continued their winning streak with wins over the Tennessee Titans, Seattle Seahawks and Miami Dolphins over the past two weeks.  The first two games weren’t close: the team won 34-10 against the Titans and 31-10 in Seattle.  The Bills needed a 61-yard field......

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