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This is likely the first of many Bills sellouts in 2013 thanks to a regular season schedule front-loaded with home games.

If his personnel decisions don't pan out, at least Buddy Nix did the dirty work in restoring respectability to the Bills franchise - and doing so in entertaining fashion.

The Bills need to replace the departed Andy Levitre at left guard - and in doing so, they'll likely be promoting from within.

Thanks for your patience during this long and difficult week at Buffalo Rumblings, Bills fans. Here's a mailbag post to tide you over until we return to our regular form starting tomorrow morning.

Bills offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett is already hard at work refining EJ Manuel's mechanics - and he may wait as long as possible before putting Manuel into the starting lineup.

The Bills have been busy in the last five months, securing a stadium lease, completely changing the look and feel of the football department and finding a franchise quarterback. We recap everything here.

Whaley has also tweaked the front office, hiring a new Director of Player Personnel and Director of College Scouting in his first acts as GM.

Bills linebacker Kiko Alonso has signed on the dotted line, leaving EJ Manuel and Robert Woods as the team's only unsigned rookies.