Buffalo Bills highlight own suckiness in flier

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Supporting a football team as bad as the Buffalo Bills tends to weather people. But when that mediocrity was highlighted recently in the team's advertising, it lit a spark under fans. A flier sent out to 2009 season-ticket holders included this photo of Brian Moorman punting out of the Bills' end zone—football's ultimate act of desperation—during a losing effort to the Browns. Fans are livid. Bills management is defending the picture, saying it's a nicely composed photo and that "Moorman is a good player on the field and a good guy off the field."

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