Gilmore on Buffalo: 'It's a town like where I'm from'

BY NICK ST. DENIS

The city of Buffalo will be a little cooler than where Stephon Gilmore is from, but Gilmore is apparently cool with it.

Gilmore, who was selected by the Bills Thursday in the first round of the 2012 NFL Draft, sounded like he was comfortable with his new place of business when asked Thursday about his pre-draft visit to Buffalo.

“A lot of stuff stood out," the cornerback out of South Carolina told reporters. "It’s a town like where I’m from, more of a laid back town."

Gilmore hails from Rock Hill, S.C., a city roughly four times smaller than the city of Buffalo alone. Additionally, Rock Hill's average low temperatures throughout the winter are roughly the same, maybe a bit higher, than Buffalo's average high temperatures, according to CityData.com.

But we know what he meant.

"They’ve got great fans," Gilmore elaborated. "Fans stick to their football team no matter what and I’m looking forward to coming in and making my fans happy.”

Gilmore was just another offseason addition to the Bills' much improved defense, which bolstered its poor pass rush from a season ago with free agent acquisitions Mario Williams and Mark Anderson before drafting a highly-rated cornerback prospect that will help a Bills secondary that appeared lost for a large part of 2011.

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