Erik Brady

Eli Gerber lives in Denver. He grew up in the suburbs of Washington. And this weekend he's having his bachelor party in Buffalo.

Eli and seven of his buddies are coming to see the Bills play the Patriots on Sunday night. None have ever lived in Buffalo. Some have never been here before. But Eli's been coming since his father, Mitch, began taking him to Bills games from Maryland when Eli was 7. Now he's 31, and getting married in May.

"Many of my favorite childhood memories," he says, "are from those trips."

This is a story of fathers and sons and how they express love for each other through their mutual love of the Bills.

It all began when Saul Gerber, Mitch's father, often took him to Bills games a lifetime ago. That was simpler; they lived in Kenmore. Mitch, who's 76 now,

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