Owens, four others questionable for Patriots game
by Brian Galliford on Dec 18, 2009 1:18 PM EST
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Buffalo Bills wide receiver Terrell Owens, who missed practice on Thursday and Friday due to illness, has been listed as questionable for Sunday's home tilt with the New England Patriots.
Owens, who has 45 receptions for 705 yards and 4 touchdowns on the season, is Buffalo's leading receiver. The upset-minded Bills would likely be forced to start Josh Reed next to veteran Lee Evans on Sunday if Owens can't go. Owens was in team meetings on Friday, reports BuffaloBills.com, and Owens has been listed as questionable and played in games earlier this season.
Coming up on the end of the one-year, $6.5 million deal he signed this past March, Owens may be embarking on the final three games of his Buffalo career. He will be an unrestricted free agent after the season.
Meanwhile, three other players - left tackle Jonathan Scott, reserve tackle Jamon Meredith and special teamer Justin Jenkins - are listed as questionable alongside Owens. Unlike T.O., all three participated in practice on Friday.
Jairus Byrd, who continues to deal with a groin injury, is listed as probable.
To close out the week, head coach Perry Fewell had the Bills practicing outdoors. Here's a worthy note from WGR 550:
Andy Levitre was the only Bill to brave the frigid outdoor practice in short sleeves, and scoffed at the idea of wearing long sleeves.
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Even if Levitre was freezing, I am sure he knows that us Bills fans don’t want any players that can’t handle the elements. He has definitely been another unexpected gem in this years draft…
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by Ghetts on Dec 18, 2009 1:26 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
ahem..........
Pac-10 guy………
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by norcaliangelsfan on Dec 18, 2009 1:31 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I bet Wood would have been right there with him. Can we draft two more just like them this year please!!!!!!!!
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by Joe P. on Dec 18, 2009 1:31 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Guys like Jon Runyan are the best. The hair just keeps them warm enough without the long sleeves. Those sleeves are just something more for a defender to grab onto anyway.
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by TheAfghanTwilight on Dec 18, 2009 3:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Levitre is the man, no pansy ass sweater wearing BS for him!
We need more like him.
by IronEagle119 on Dec 18, 2009 1:58 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
He might have a sweater. You never know.
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by TheAfghanTwilight on Dec 18, 2009 3:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You know, I hate to say this...
But if TO doesn’t play, I might be a little happy, because I think that will force Fewells hand on Hardy, honestly, I want to see something from him. With closed practices now, and we didn’t get to see him at all preseason or anything he is the biggest question mark on the team.
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by Ghetts on Dec 18, 2009 2:04 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Stevie would play over Hardy
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by billsoferie on Dec 18, 2009 2:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
either way
It would be dumb to move reed to the outside. I don’t think the Pats put Welker outside if MOss goes down
It's not all that bad.... Go Bills 2010 !!!!
by killascript on Dec 18, 2009 2:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Welker already plays on the outside enough
They go with 2 WR’s a lot after all…….
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by Kurupt on Dec 18, 2009 3:04 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
maybe its just the way they use him that makes it seem like that… or maybe its that I have had enough of reed and see he just isn’t good enough and there is no reason at this point in the season that Johnson and Hardy shouldn’t see more playing time
It's not all that bad.... Go Bills 2010 !!!!
by killascript on Dec 19, 2009 12:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
For what it’s worth, Chris Brown on BB.com says Steve Johnson would start as the #2 WR in place of T.O. if that becomes necessary, not Josh Reed. That makes sense to me, and I assume Brown got it directly from the coaching staff.
by Macktruck on Dec 18, 2009 3:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
whew
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by TheAfghanTwilight on Dec 18, 2009 3:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
thats what i would think
but stranger moves have been made
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by billsoferie on Dec 18, 2009 4:35 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
"Don't you know who we're playing this weekend?"
…That’s what Woody Hayes used to moan all week long before the Michigan game, almost in tears of rage as he said it each time, thinking about the hated Maze and Blue. That’s exactly how I feel right now now thinking about the Elvis helmits, cheap shots like Rodney Harrison and Vince Wilfork, Beli-cheat (or is it Beli-choke?), Tom Brady’s preppy smirk, the Ted Bruschi ESPN game, the running up the score on Sunday night in 07, those smug 6 states to the northeast that I wish England would take back, the Hail Mary passinterference game in 98, and everything else. DON’T YOU KNOW WHO WE’RE PLAYING THIS WEEKEND???. To hell with the 5-8 record, draft talk, the decade without the playoffs, the search for a LT, QB, GM, head coach, and everything else: it’s the f-ing Patriots this weekend. Fudge em; fudge em right in the ear.
by Port Royal on Dec 18, 2009 2:47 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Man, I like your attitude! IMO, the Pats have replaced Miami as the key rivalry for the Bills. They’re also a measuring stick. Oh the hell with the stick, I’d just like to see them shove it up Belicheat’s tight end.
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by NJBill on Dec 18, 2009 2:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
How can they be our rival if we never beat them?
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by MattRichWarren on Dec 18, 2009 4:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Dolphins. 0-for-the-1970’s. Etc., etc.
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by WhyBillsWhy on Dec 18, 2009 4:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
exactly.
The rivalry doesn’t even have to be reciprocal…though the best ones usually are.
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by NJBill on Dec 19, 2009 12:30 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m going to opt out of the ear fudge here.
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by TheAfghanTwilight on Dec 18, 2009 3:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think he forgot the "r"
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by Joe P. on Dec 18, 2009 4:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Good for Levitre
Steve Johnson in the video on bb.com, not so much
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by Kurupt on Dec 18, 2009 2:58 PM EST via mobile reply actions 0 recs
Owens will play
You know he didn’t want to practice in the cold, and he has to protect his future by stating he played all games, model citizen, etc… However, I would love to see some Steve this week.
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by Sluss88 on Dec 18, 2009 3:08 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Okay i'm baffled
Why the hell would they have to start Josh Reed if Owens can’t go? Why not Steve Johnson? Reed is terrible on the outside.
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by TheAfghanTwilight on Dec 18, 2009 3:12 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
They typically start in 2-WR sets. If they went to a 3-WR set, Hardy or somebody would line up outside and Reed would move to the slot like usual.
And it doesn’t need to baffle you, because you know T.O. will play.
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by Brian Galliford on Dec 18, 2009 3:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Owens will play
he just won’t practice any omre this year. In fact, this has been an ongoing trend if you look at the last several injury reports.
You don’t want to be bruised going into the modeling season.
by fansince60 on Dec 18, 2009 4:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Levitre is a California kid, too.
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by MattRichWarren on Dec 18, 2009 4:01 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
It gets cold in California. Those surfers have to wear wetsuits in January!
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by TheAfghanTwilight on Dec 18, 2009 4:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That is not cold......cold is when you can throw a cup of boiling water in the air and it never hits the ground
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by Joe P. on Dec 18, 2009 4:35 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Where did the boiling water go? Does ice not obey the laws of gravity?
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by WhyBillsWhy on Dec 18, 2009 4:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
it goes
where our hopes for this year went
by fansince60 on Dec 18, 2009 4:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It evaportes in mid air because the air is so cold, and therefore dry.
"The Bills have no playoff aspirations" – Dan Dierdorf
by Joe P. on Dec 18, 2009 4:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
it evaporates in mid air
See just like I said…where our hopes for this year went
by fansince60 on Dec 18, 2009 4:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hummmmm.......maybe if the water turned into a solid chuck of ice
and landed on my head, fracturing my skull and ending my season. Then, that would be more like the Bills :-)
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by Joe P. on Dec 18, 2009 5:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It turns into a snow-like steam. See for example: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=boiling+water+freezes
Needs to be near-boiling water and below zero F outside for this to happen nicely… most of the videos are from Alaska or Minnesota.
by Krenn on Dec 18, 2009 4:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Blowing bubbles in -20F is more interesting.
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by thefourwinds on Dec 18, 2009 11:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Does ice not obey the laws of gravity?
Yes, but it also obeys the laws of thermodynamics.
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by thefourwinds on Dec 18, 2009 11:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
This is completely off topic but...
I saw that we play Cleveland at home next year. What’s the deal with playing CLE every year!?! I mean, normally a team would love to play an out of division game against them every year, but it seems like they have our number for some disgusting reason.
They are hard to play but not hard to beat.
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by Sluss88 on Dec 18, 2009 4:09 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
And while I'm off topic... (and annoying all of you)
Orakpo just got “Pepsi Rookie of the Week.” Just sayin’…
They are hard to play but not hard to beat.
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by Sluss88 on Dec 18, 2009 4:12 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Just sayin what?
We get to do the draft over?
by twoeightnine on Dec 18, 2009 4:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
We play the entire AFC North next year, just as we did in 2007. In ‘08, we played the West, in ’09, we played the South, and then it’s cycling back through to the North next year.
In ’07, we finished second in the East, believe it or not, and CLE finished second in the North – and since #2 must play #2 in the AFC, we played the Browns. Same with #4 vs #4, which is what happened this year, as the Bills and Browns were both division cellar dwellers in ’08.
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by Brian Galliford on Dec 18, 2009 4:26 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
My bad, I knew that, just didn't realize it. I got too excited about the Bills playing in Baltimore next year!
They are hard to play but not hard to beat.
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by Sluss88 on Dec 18, 2009 4:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
with our luck
Levitre will get pneumonia and go on IR next week.
by fansince60 on Dec 18, 2009 4:24 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
hopefully the players got the flu vaccine
by Long Beach Bills Fan on Dec 18, 2009 4:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That hasn't.....
stopped them from getting the 7W9L Bovine flu!!!!!
by Byrdeputt on Dec 18, 2009 4:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You don't get sick from the cold.
Otherwise we wouldn’t store food in the freezer.
by twoeightnine on Dec 18, 2009 4:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Are you sure?
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by Joe P. on Dec 18, 2009 5:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Next time you have some raw meat forget the freezer.
Leave it on your counter and have some fun.
by twoeightnine on Dec 18, 2009 8:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
No, you just deplete you immune system, and then you get sick.
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by thefourwinds on Dec 18, 2009 11:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You can't get sick from radiation.
otherwise we wouldn’t microwave popcorn.
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by JPH on Dec 19, 2009 3:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If T.O. is a no-go and Fewell starts Reed as the #2, im then officially off the Fewell for Head Coach Bandwagon. Fitz over Edwards is one thing, but Reed should not be playing as our #2.
by neverbeentobuffalo on Dec 19, 2009 12:29 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
I’m in complete agreement…and I like Reed.
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by NJBill on Dec 19, 2009 12:32 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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