Run for the Border

Remember when Bills fans beat up current Ravens RB Willis McGahee when he said the Bills should move to Toronto? Well...

The Buffalo Bills on Thursday announced they are seeking approval to play a preseason and at least one regular-season game in Toronto as part of the franchise's attempt to expand its market base beyond western New York.

"The team hopes to capitalize on the increasing interest of fans in the Canadian market by playing a regular-season game in Toronto," the Bills announced in a release.

The Bills hope to play a preseason game at Toronto next summer, with plans to play a regular-season game as early as 2009. The games would be played at Rogers Center, a downtown stadium with a retractable roof that serves as home to baseball's Blue Jays and the Canadian Football League Argonauts.

Of course, the NFL in Toronto does sense. Possibly one of only two viable major metropolitan area on the continent that currently do not have NFL football (the other being Los Angeles; you're not gonna sell me on Mexico City). Certainly more viable than Jacksonville or Arizona have proven to be (two cities which got teams, incidentally, ahead of Baltimore; though I think it's safe to say that we came out ahead on the Cardinals deal).