but i would like to see only 1 or 2 drives.

Chris Ellis is cleanly beating LW

Harris landed on Johnson to re-aggravate the injury;

At least we have now heard something about Cary Harris.

Who wouldn’t mind if T.O. sat out the rest of the pre-season? We’re not advocating it. It’s just a thought.

One series per game, perhaps one quarter in the final preseason game…. there are a few others that might fall into this category as well…… besides, less for opponents to scout

but can anyone comment on if the Bills’ number of injuries is above, below, or on par with the rest of the league? You begin to wonder whether its a systematic cause for all of this (easy practices, strength and conditions program, Buffalo city water, chicken wings?). I’d be interested to see how we stack up to the league….

I don’t want him to sit out the preseason. Idle hands, and all that…. I’d rather have him involved on a limited basis, get some receptions in every game and hopefully a TD or two before the start of the regular season.

Alvin Bowen took his reps with the second unit on the weak side

Man if Bowen is down to replacing a undrafted FA on the second unit then I don’t think he has much time left on this team. I think that Brian was dead on when he said that Bowen will be released.

And I still like him as a long term answer at De. I know people are down on him after a no show rookie year but he was a third rounder and its hard to adjust to the strength and agility of nfl tackles. Ill wager he has a greater impact than maybin, is 6 sacks in a rotation too optimistic for ellis? I think its doable

I wouldn’t mind seeing TO not have a heavy work load this preseason only because from what we saw in the Titans game it looks like his timing with Trent and his over all skill are doing well. However I really wish Stevie would be healthy to be able to take those reps. I think besides Hardy, Stevie can learn the most from TO.
Also I hope if he is on the sidelines Hardy is all over him like fly on sh@t to work on his skills.

I am a Kelsey and Denny fan. The fact is though the pressure just isn’t there during obvious passing downs. We don’t need to settle for a wild card berth, if we could get the pressure on opposing QB’s ie Tom Brady, than play for the division title. I am still not expecting two much here. Ellis and Maybin are really the only two differences, plus Schobel’s return from injury, that we have to look forward too.

Maybe reviewing the game film some of these players are realizing that they are missing out on a great opportunity to contribute. Wouldn’t it be nice to see Ellis take advantage of that, then work on it in practice on an everyday routine. He will get alot of PT during the preseason, this is his time to show stuff in games. If this works he then needs to bring it to the practice field so the rest of the team can benefit from his skill and athleticism.

really saddens me….that kid was a beast, and was just making plays all over…would have loved to have him for teams and to develop this year

Gotta hope the TO toe injury is minor. These things can linger and be problematic all season. If he’s not healthy, neither is our offense.

I wonder if DJ and Fewell saw something they liked out of Ellis during the preseason game to earn him those first team reps?

So the LB depth chart as of now goes:

Mitchell – Poz – Ellison

Bowen – Thomas/Buggs – N. Harris

Corto – Thomas/Biggs – Bowen

Is Harris seeing any time on the third team too? Does Buggs actually have a shot at being the first LB off the bench if Poz misses any time?

How long is Palmer supposed to be out? It doesn’t sound like the devastating full season injury we were hearing about. Either way, it sounds like he’ll miss too much time to win a job. I don’t know if I can see the team keeping him after playing in just one preseason game. Gotta see more than that. Fortunately, there’s a good chance he could be waived/cut without anyone snatching him up, so the PS to start out with would be a good idea…

There have been a lot of injuries, but so far, it terms of overall team success, none have been devastating. You hate to see anybody get hurt, especially young guys with potential (e.g. Palmer). That said, the team has been fortunate enough that none of their stars are key starters have gone down for an extended period of time. Butler missed a little over a week, T.O.‘s toe injury doesn’t seem overly series (and lets face it, he can afford to take extra time to let it heal properly – we know what we have in him, and the coaches know what he means to the offense). Other than that, the most serious injuries have been reserved to guys farther down on the depth chart. Again, you hate to see it happen to anybody, but it could be a lot worse.

If he keeps sitting and Harris makes some sudden strides he could be looking at a pink slip out of town either as a cut or a trade, sitting with what many are now saying is a realtively minor groin injury is not good for you if your on the bubble, especially with Florence, Corner and Lankster lighting the field up…