The Buffalo Bills moved their training camp facility to the Rochester area in 2000 in an attempt to further regionalize the franchise. The architect of the move was a St. John Fisher College alum who brought Bills camp to his alma mater where it’s been ever since. With the firing this week of team president Russ Brandon, it’s the latest sign that a sleep-away training camp for the Bills might be a thing of the past.
The writing on the wall began even before Brandon’s firing. In 2017 under new head coach Sean McDermott, the Bills held fewer practices in Rochester than ever before.