Have the Bills Become 'Buffy the Career Slayer'?

Granted, Anquan Boldin's 36 years old, but up until this past weekend, dude still felt like he had enough in the tank to make an impact on the rest of The Shield.

He's also far from dumb, so he may well have looked at his bank balance and compared it to all the NFL-related CTE studies being published these days.

Then, he likely looked at the Buffalo Bills, his new team for the past two weeks.

Dude was outta there.

Boldin's exit gave rise to one of the more bemusing press release comments the sports world has ever seen, uttered by current GM Brandon Beane:

We appreciate the time he gave us over the past two weeks.

Awesome.

Here's what hope springs eternal looks like in upstate New York:

That could well have been every bright spot in their 2016 season. Elapsed time: 3:41.

Their reality for the 2017 season was ushered in by a pair of stunning trades that tells us all we need to know about how management views the season.

For the sake of Beane's and sacrificial coach Sean McDermott's near-term futures, they'd best hope bungling their way into sequel works in real life.

Come evaluation time next winter, they'll be able to lean on a few convenient truths to mitigate what probably happened during the season:

• Vegas has their over/under for total wins at a challenging 6.5, which won't help;
• Especially since Buffy's got the league's second-toughest strength-of-schedule increase this season;
• The AFC East goes outta conference to play the NFC South and AFC West in 2017, both of which are light on cupcakes; and
• Their two extra games are at Cincinnati and Indianapolis.

Unless they find a way to play the Jets an extra two times, good luck finding those 6.5 wins

No wonder Boldin has better things to do.

He's wise to be wary of Buffy.

The Pegula family saved the Bills and their 17-year playoff drought  for the city. They also own the Sabres.

Hockey fans there had best hope what's happening to the Bills isn't contagious.