well if there is something Travis was/is all his life is being the underdog. He was drafted by the Bills, first he was a backup, when it was clear he was the better back among Bryson and Morris. He then had his shot and did a great job with it. He was the clear starter going into 2002 season and what did he do, work hard in the offseason, in Buffalo. Lowered his body fat to increase his burst. He responded with a 1438 yards season and 13 TDs with a healthy 4.4 avg. in a pass happy offense. Obviously he had his problems as he had 11 fumbles, and lost 8 them.
Enter 2003 and worked even harder than the previous year trying to fix his fumble problems and ran for 1356 yards with 10 TDs, with a 4.1 avg. as the sole weapon on offense. He had 7 fumbles, lost 3 of them. So his work in the offseason paid off, even though more work was in line for improvment.
Finally when he thought that he gave his all and was a proven back in the NFL the FO goes out and pick a RB in the first round. To him it was a slap in the face and it was the right reaction, he did wrong in leaking it to the press. He knew his days were numbered. He played the good soldier all year, but oh he didn't high fived with Willis after he scored, big deal. Go ask Willis if Travis was a cancer. He mentioned to the press that he had a very good relationship with Travis, they weren't close but they respected and helped each other as teammates of the Buffalo Bills. Even Mularkey said that there wasn't anything wrong with Travis' behavior after he was benched.
He had a very poor start this year and McGahee stepped up to the plate and never looked back.
Travis will do fine elswhere and I hope we don't have to face him twice a year.
good luck Travis.