Bills vs Redskins in Hogtown

Bills/Redskins on the wrong side of the border

Looking forward to the Bills/Redskins game this Sunday at the Skydome in beautiful downtown Toronto. As the game is a day before Halloween I do expect to see a lot of costumes. Myself, i'll be dressed up as my favourite book character, the slippery and elusive, "Where's Waldo?"

As my father and I are longtime Redskins fans were looking forward to the chance to them play probaly our 2nd favourite teamthe Bills. Washington and the Bills are both dealiong with a bit of an injury bug. My boy Chris Cooley is still on the IR for the skins. I was looking forward to shouting Cooley! after each slug of beer.

This is a big sports weekend for my father. He's golfing Friday, he'll be at the leafs vs Pens Saturday (hopefully Crosby is in) and then of course he's there with me Sunday for the pigskin classic.

Let's look at the details of the game.

The Bills are coming off a loss to the Giants and a bye-week. They have a 4-2 record and are showing promise of making the playoffs for the first time since the 90's.

The Redskins started out strong and at one time were leading the NFC East, but have been slidding and sit 3rd with a 3-3 record. They look to be going the wrong-way and will likely miss the playoffs. There is the quarterback change. Grossman is out Beck is in. You know things aren't going good when you have to switch quarterbacks and its not due to injury.

Injuries: The Bills and Redskins are banged up.

For the Bills, Shawn Merriman was put on the IR (likely out for the season) Left tackle Demetrius Bell is injured and so is his replacement rookie Chris Harriston. The plan is to move Andy Levitre to left tackle from guard and backup Chad Rinehart will replace him at left guard.

The Redskins, are without Cooley for the rest of the season and the same fate for RB Tim Hightower both were placed on the IR. Former Bill London Fletcher who hasn't missed a game in 14 years might be out with a hamstring injury. Wideout Santana Moss is out with a hand injury.

I have the Bills winning this one, they are favoured by 5 points. The Bills are considered the home-team but I expect to see a lot of Redskins fans on hand.