This Sunday the Oakland Raiders will roll into Orchard Park to put Buffalo to the test.

Tommy Kelly has already reminded Ryan Fitzpatrick and company that the Raiders aren’t the Bills. He’ll be a big part of Oakland’s effort to bully dem’ Bills into defeat.

In order to get prepared for the game we at JBB reached out to our fellow FanSiders over at BuffaloLowDown to get the dirt on what could be the best team in New York State. As usual we took a different approach in our line of questioning to get a beat on the Bills from BLD’s editor Brad Andrews. Here are the out of bounds questions I threw at Brad and his great answers

Q:  If Ryan Fitzpatrick were a celebrity who would he be?

A: Hmmm…I’ll go with Conan O’Brien. Both went to Harvard, both are capable of growing sweet beards, and both have small but very devoted fan bases. And Fitz has a radio show now. Maybe it’s his first step towards awkwardly interviewing celebrities on basic cable late at night.

Q: Jason Campbell throws for 200 yards or Shawne Merriman gets injured: Which is more likely to happen Sunday?

A: Sadly for Bills fans, it’s Merriman getting injured. His roided-up tendons are just about worn out. He played about twenty plays this preseason and got hurt twice. He got banged up in the Kansas City game in the first half and then played a fairly disinterested second half. Any game he doesn’t get hurt in is a minor miracle.  So basically, Campbell throwing for 200 yards is a possibility, but Merriman getting hurt is a near-certainty. Which is awful for Buffalo because there’s not much (or any) proven depth at linebacker on this team.
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