Well, being a diehard Bills fan I will say that this is a brilliant stroke by Ralph Wilson... at least for one season. He was beginning to lose a good portion of his fanbase this offseason after announcing that Dick Jauron would return as coach. There were quite a few who stated they would not renew their season tickets... and after the team started 5-1, only to finish 2-8 the rest of the way and 0-6 in the division, missing the playoffs for 9 straight seasons, who could blame them... Its certainly the most disheartened I've been as a fan in a while...
However, this one signing seems to have breathed new life into a lot of fans... Will it last? Well, I think it will this year... Dick Jauron can't control T.O... If Andy Reid couldn't, Jauron certainly can't. But here's a positive that could happen...
I think Trent Edwards has the most potential as a QB I've seen on this team at least since Doug Flutie... if not Jim Kelly. He is going into his third season... This has to be the season he steps up and becomes the Bills leader... It's his best chance. If Terrell Owens starts his antics at any point this year, I believe Trent Edwards should be the one to stand up to him. No one can control Owens, but what a statement it would make to the rest of the team if Edwards is the guy to call him out. Then it really becomes his team.... and Owens will be gone after the 1 year deal anyway.
Perhaps I'm wrong and Edwards is not that good... or not a team leader... but I hope I'm right... and that if nothing else, during T.O.'s one season in small-market Buffalo he makes Edwards the man.