While the UFC 101 fight card will be on a lot of minds this weekend, there is also the NFL’s official kickoff to the season, the Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio, which is the home of the Hall of Fame. This year’s participants are Buffalo and Tennessee, and the game has gotten a lot of attention with Terrell Owens in town.
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The Bills are welcoming the T.O. show to town, but players watching Sunday’s game probably won’t see that much of Owens, along with the rest of the first string. Fred Jackson and Dominic Rhodes will have their first showdown in the “who will back up Marshawn Lynch” sweepstakes, which could mean a long day for the Tennessee defense. The Bills’ defense was surprisingly good in 2008, and they’ll be looking to see how rookies Jairus Byrd and Aaron Maybin hold up.
The Titans will be playing their first game with no Albert Haynesworth in the middle, which is why we say that the Tennessee defense could have some problems with the Buffalo running game. The rest of the Titans’ seventh-ranked defense is back, but they’ll be looking for at least two players to fill the void left by Haynesworth. On offense, Vince Young will get his first shot at regaining his starter’s role, which was taken by Kerry Collins, and Young will look to put a plagued 2008 behind him. Chris Johnson is hurt, which means he won’t see much action (if any at all), and LenDale White won’t be risked, either.
