Bills' Whitner, Posluszny probable for Week 6

by Brian Galliford on Oct 16, 2009 1:45 PM EDT in Buffalo Bills News

The good news keeps on getting better for Buffalo Bills safety Donte Whitner and middle linebacker Paul Posluszny. After practicing fully on both Thursday and Friday, both players are listed as probable on the team's Week 6 injury report, and as ESPN's Adam Schefter notes, both will return to the lineup when the Bills take on the New York Jets this weekend.

Posluszny has been missing from the lineup since midway through the Bills' opening night loss to New England on Monday Night Football with a broken forearm. Whitner had surgery on his thumb after sustaining the injury during the Bills' Week 3 loss to New Orleans. While these two players - widely regarded as the Bills' two best back-seven run defenders - have been sidelined, the Bills have been surrendering 214.3 yards per game on the ground. Having them back in the fold with Thomas Jones and Leon Washington on the horizon is a tremendous help.

OT Jonathan Scott, however, is listed as out for this week's game. He will be replaced at right tackle by Jamon Meredith, a rookie out of South Carolina that Buffalo signed prior to Week 3 after losing Brad Butler to a season-ending knee injury. SS Bryan Scott will also miss his third straight game with a high ankle sprain.

LB Keith Ellison - who filled in some for Posluszny in the middle - is listed as questionable, and will be a game-time decision. If Ellison can't go, rookie Nic Harris will make his first NFL start at SAM linebacker. Receivers Josh Reed and Roscoe Parrish, along with CB Terrence McGee, are listed as probable alongside Whitner and Posluszny.

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The Bills have to protect their tackles. Keep a TE in – Keep a RB in to chip and help. Do playaction and screens – help out those tackles!

I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying
Trent Edwards - Backup QB until furthur notice. Care to prove me wrong Trent?

by J2 on Oct 16, 2009 1:52 PM EDT reply actions

Or just run the damn ball early and often :)

by syrbillsfan on Oct 16, 2009 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions

Season saver!

Or not…

Kirk Chambers, you are dismissed/terrible. I hope Meredith doesn’t get absolutely abused, as expected…

At least we aren’t likely to give up well over 200 yards on the ground, but it’ll likely be close.

~K
"As the governor of Louisiana once said, the only way Chris Kelsay can lose his job is if he got caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy."

by Kurupt on Oct 16, 2009 3:00 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

Good new for Defence not Offence

Ok we need major help on the offence i don’t know what the offence can do i say (I know this will sound bad) Trade T.O. To a playoff team and get draft picks or players that can help are O-line

GO BUFFALO

by kooldude on Oct 16, 2009 3:12 PM EDT reply actions

That's what I like about you Brian........

… a glass half-full kind of guy. If you think about it, over the last 3 years, we tend to lose games we are supposed to win (CLEVELAND) and either win, or put up a good fight against teams that are supposed to crush us (Dallas, New Orleans, and then New England this year).
I’m just saying, don’t count them out in NY this week.

"A failure becomes just one time at bat if you refuse to let it defeat you." Marv Levy.

by SERGEANT MAJOR THOR on Oct 16, 2009 4:02 PM EDT reply actions

LOL uh… where would you get me being glass-half-full out of this?

Buffalo Rumblings. On Twitter.
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. --Wayne Grezky" --Michael Scott

by Brian Galliford on Oct 16, 2009 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Half full............

Just the fact that we get two guys back from injury.
We need SOMETHING to be happy about and make me turn the TV on Sunday.

"A failure becomes just one time at bat if you refuse to let it defeat you." Marv Levy.

by SERGEANT MAJOR THOR on Oct 16, 2009 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions

Haha, well, that’s just fact. Nothing to do with my current mental state regarding the team. :)

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by Brian Galliford on Oct 16, 2009 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions

hey, predictions?

most of my posts get deleted :(

by dzil on Oct 16, 2009 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions

One lineman suffers a season ending injury and two other starters receive injuries that will rule them out of a couple of games.

or did you mean the score?

The past is fixed, the future is unknown, try dealing with the present!

by gregeng on Oct 17, 2009 1:11 AM EDT up reply actions

Predictions are for Saturdays.

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by Brian Galliford on Oct 17, 2009 8:55 AM EDT up reply actions

But we know who you picked because the SBN picks are out… sinner.

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by MattRichWarren on Oct 17, 2009 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions

At least Meredith is supposed to have some physical gifts...

at least as far as athleticism is concerned. Kirk Chambers being the alternative doesn’t exactly instill a lot of confidence in me. To me Scott seems to be somewhat steady, but extremely pedestrian in his performance. It seems like Jeff Posey syndrome to me. Doesn’t really show up or stand out in any way, but is covered up by the performance of those around him, at least in the run game. Ron, please tell me if I’m crazy for saying this.

by live6453 on Oct 16, 2009 5:14 PM EDT reply actions

Jonathan Scott btw, not Bryan

by live6453 on Oct 16, 2009 5:14 PM EDT reply actions

only a matter of time till Ron from NM is introduced as the starting right tackle for one of these games.

"In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage. In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time." (Robert Collier)

by norcaliangelsfan on Oct 16, 2009 5:38 PM EDT reply actions