Despite what happened in last year's Music City Miracle game, it's a new season for the Tennessee Titans and the Buffalo Bills. The Bills won't be out for revenge in Sunday night's game. People who dwell on the revenge factor don't understand football. Buffalo and Tennessee will be playing a regular-season game -- no more, no less.

What happened to the Bills in the AFC wild-card playoff game was a learning experience. Head coach Wade Phillips may remind his team about not allowing Tennessee the opportunity to make such a play again, but that's all.

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	Buffalo's cornerbacks will need to be on their game to stay with the talented Tennessee wide receivers. ESPN.com and Sportvision take a look at one of the possible plays in Sunday night's games.

The Bills and the Titans aren't the same teams they were a year ago. Buffalo underwent tremendous changes in the offseason, losing three main players from their AFC championship years -- Bruce Smith, Thurman Thomas and Andre Reed -- along with two key defensive players in Kurt Schulz and Thomas Smith. I don't think the losses of Thomas and Reed will affect the Bills' offense. Thomas was hurt all last season, and Reed, at age 36, can't go down the field as effectively as before.

Reed was a clutch receiver, but everything in sports moves forward. Now, Eric Moulds fills that role. The receiving corps, with Moulds, Peerless Price, and either Jeremy McDaniel or Avion Black, has tremendous speed. The Bills also tried to get faster on defense. For instance, Keion Carpenter is faster than Schulz at safety. Otherwise, their front seven hasn't changed much, other than Marcellus Wiley having the huge task of replacing Bruce Smith.

Meanwhile, the Tennessee Titans made two major offseason changes, hiring Mike Heimerdinger as offensive coordinator and signing receiver Carl Pickens. Former offensive coordinator Les Steckel, who is now in Tampa Bay, really brought Steve McNair along. He taught McNair how to manage the game, but McNair has never really had a big receiver until now with Pickens. The addition of Pickens, coupled with their running ability and veteran offensive line, will make the Titans offense 25 percent more potent than it was last year.

	Eric Moulds will be Rob Johnson's No. 1 target.

If Yancey Thigpen can stay healthy, McNair has four solid receiving options in Pickens, Thigpen, Frank Wycheck and Kevin Dyson. But the departure of tight end Jackie Harris was a huge loss. If something happened to Wycheck, Harris was a great complement.

Even though both teams lost players, they are still in a position to be where they were last year. I wouldn't be surprised if either team played in the AFC championship game this season. They are that good.

And I think the Titans have a chip on their shoulder because they lost the Super Bowl. They played for the big prize and feel like they have something to prove. Everybody thought a lucky play against the Bills got them to the Super Bowl. That takes away from the quality of players on that team and the coaches. This is the year that they can prove to everybody that they belong in the Super Bowl. The two teams are similar in what they want to do. Both believe their defenses are good enough and that they can win if the offense can score 17 points. We may see the same kind of battle at the end of this game as we saw in the last one. Here are the keys for the Titans and the Bills in Sunday's game:

Tennessee Titans

1. Passing production
In last year's playoff game, neither team threw for more than 100 net passing yards, and the Titans only threw for 55. That tells you how good the defenses are. So the Titans will need to make some big plays in the passing game, going downfield to their receivers instead of just dumping the ball off. With Heimerdinger, the Titans have put more of an emphasis on the passing game to the receivers.

2. George and more George
The Titans must give the ball to Eddie George. It's critical that he carries the ball 25-30 times. He can have an MVP type of season and needs to get his share of runs. In the playoff game he had 26 carries for 109 yards against the league's No. 1 ranked defense. Establishing George on the ground will open up their improved passing game.

3. Plug up the passing game
I like the Titans pass defense against the Bills because I still like Jevon Kearse and what the Titans can do up front to put pressure on Rob Johnson. They are a very aggressive defense, and the defensive backs are still pretty good. Denard Walker and Samari Rolle are solid corners and will be matched up against Moulds and Price.

Buffalo Bills

1. Moulds is the man
The big-play guy in Buffalo's offense is Moulds. Johnson must find a way to get the ball downfield to the speedy receiver. Bills coach Wade Phillips made the controversial decision to make Johnson the starting quarterback over Doug Flutie in the playoffs because Johnson has more of an ability to get the ball down the field to the likes of Moulds. His catches are critical in order for the Bills to score points against Tennessee.

2. Run, then gun
The Bills have to run the football to take pressure off Johnson. But they are thin at running back. Antowain Smith hasn't played much due to injuries. Jonathan Linton is a solid backup. It is like Stephen Davis and Skip Hicks in Washington. You have two runners who can pound and then Shawn Bryson gives them more speed. It will be critical for them to take pressure off Johnson, who is not a mobile quarterback and is prone to sacks.

3. Make McNair make plays
Defensively, the Bills must shut down George. They have to force the ball into McNair's hands and allow him to throw the ball downfield. The Titans are not as effective when McNair has to operate from second-and-long or third-and-long. Get him in second and nine or third and eight. Dictate tempo.