Bills secondary getting healthier in time for Brees

by Brian Galliford on Sep 25, 2009 3:15 PM EDT in News Comment 46 comments

Per BuffaloBills.com, Buffalo Bills cornerback Drayton Florence - who missed the Bills' final three pre-season games, as well as the first two games of the regular season - will be available for his team's Week 3 matchup with the New Orleans Saints.

Starting cornerback Terrence McGee is listed as questionable for a second consecutive week; he was limited in practice last week but played against Tampa Bay, and the same is expected of Buffalo's top corner this week. Also expected to play is fellow starter Leodis McKelvin, who practiced fully on Friday for the first time since injuring his ankle during the Bills' win over Tampa. McKelvin is listed as probable.

C Geoff Hangartner practiced fully for a second straight day and is listed as probable. Also probable is receiver/punt returner Roscoe Parrish (quad). Fellow receiver Josh Reed is questionable after an ankle injury limited his participation in practice both today and yesterday.

The news is not so good for DT John McCargo, who is doubtful with a calf injury. Also doubtful is rookie TE Shawn Nelson, who is nursing a sprained shoulder; if he can't go, Buffalo will play Week 3 with just two active tight ends, Derek Fine and Jonathan Stupar. The Bills' official injury report, however, shows both McCargo and Nelson as probable - which obviously directly contradicts what Chris Brown is reporting.

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What’s Nelsons’ injury? I wasn’t under the impression he was going to miss this Sunday.

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by J2 on Sep 25, 2009 3:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Sprained shoulder

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by Brian Galliford on Sep 25, 2009 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

with how much time I spend on this site you’d think I knew that

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by J2 on Sep 25, 2009 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

but i thought he tweeted he was ok?

are you telling me twitter is not reliable???? up is down, down is up….. on a serious note tho, i did think he would be able to go, does this mean its worse than everyone thought?

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by silverstreak3k on Sep 25, 2009 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The injury report by Chris Brown had him as “doubtful” rather than “probable”.

Who knows why. :/

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by UZ on Sep 26, 2009 3:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He was limited in practice all week. I think he ends up playing.

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by MattRichWarren on Sep 26, 2009 9:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

colston

who do we put on colston? mcgee usually goes against the top guy but colston is huge almost a tight end body. he is a bigtime mismatch due to his size/athleticism combo. the other receivers don’t really scare me they seem more a product of drew brees being ridiculous.

by LIBi on Sep 25, 2009 3:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I thought we kept our corners on the same side of the field no matter which receiver was there? McGee on the left and Leo on the Right (if you were standing at Safety for perspective).

by Slick Shifty on Sep 25, 2009 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

No, we do not. We don’t strictly match up, either. Most of the time, McGee gets the top receiver. He’ll be on Colston most of the day.

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by Brian Galliford on Sep 25, 2009 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’d prefer to leave McGee on an insland to shut down Devery Henderson and double Colston all day. Let Henderson beat McGee one on one.

by Berg79 on Sep 25, 2009 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Granted we play more zone than man to man anyway so this is kinda irrelevant.

by Berg79 on Sep 25, 2009 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Doesn’t Colston play in the slot?

by Slick Shifty on Sep 25, 2009 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

maybe they won’t run 3 or 4 wide all that often with Moore out…

by Slick Shifty on Sep 25, 2009 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Colston plays an inside position

So depending who dresses, my guess is Florence/Youboty or Corner draw him

I like Youboty or Florence on Colston myself

by freddyjj on Sep 25, 2009 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think you put Leo on Colston. Leo is a sizeable CB and as big and physically dominating as Colston is, he is also very SLOW for a WR. I think that with Leo’s speed he could dance circles around Colston. Add in Whitner/Byrd with protection over the top and we’d actually be setting ourselves up for an INT or two against Colston.

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by CanadianBillsFan on Sep 26, 2009 3:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

McCargo

Unware McCargo was hurt in any capacity. Does Ellis dress if McCargo doesn’t? Probably the perfect team to dress 5 DEs and 3 DTs if there ever was a time.

by Berg79 on Sep 25, 2009 3:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

McCargo got hurt Thursday in practice.

by Slick Shifty on Sep 25, 2009 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Do you think the bills will use any tackle eligible formations with the possibility of only two active TE's on sunday?

by dragonwag0n on Sep 25, 2009 3:47 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs

Hey maybe Bell can score a touchdown similar to Peters rookie season

by bflo on Sep 25, 2009 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe they could line McIntyre up at TE… he’s not doing that much good at FB.

by Krenn on Sep 25, 2009 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That might not be a BAD idea. I dont know how affective he would be there but it wouldnt hurt to try if were going to be that thin at tightend.

by bflo on Sep 25, 2009 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ehh…only as a blocker maybe. I’ve got to believe Mc has stone hands until I see otherwise.

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by Dyl on Sep 25, 2009 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, they didn’t use any against Tampa, and they played a part of that game with one tight end. I’d say no.

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by Brian Galliford on Sep 25, 2009 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

But they had no opportunity to practice that… just sayin.

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by MattRichWarren on Sep 26, 2009 9:29 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

??

Chris Brown’s blog post is inconsistent with the actual injuries report (http://www.buffalobills.com/team/injury-report.html) which shows:

Out: Shouman, Butler Posluszny
Probable: Parrish, Nelson, McKelvin, McCargo, Handgartner
Questionable: Reed, McGee

by LABillsFan on Sep 25, 2009 5:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Nice catch. Kinda weird.

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by Brian Galliford on Sep 25, 2009 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

One of your ()s found it’s way into the link.

http://www.buffalobills.com/team/injury-report.html

And it’s definitely a nice catch. Nelson could be a factor if he’s only probably and he’s pretty healthy.

by kaisertown on Sep 25, 2009 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

probable …. not probably

by kaisertown on Sep 25, 2009 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hang

All I have to say is PHEW!

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by Kurupt on Sep 25, 2009 7:08 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs

Can we officially say now we desperately need a DT to replace McBusto?

I remain convinced that somehow Drew Rosenhaus negotiated a playing time deal for Roscoe into the contract for TO.

by thefourwinds on Sep 25, 2009 7:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I don’t think replacing the 4th DT is a desperate need…

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by Kurupt on Sep 25, 2009 9:05 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

We didn't draft McBusto to be our 4th DT....and calling him a 4th DT is being kind

Nobody would purposely trade up into the 1st round for a 4th DT….would they?

Poor ball security leads to very painful outcomes

by Joe P. on Sep 25, 2009 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You want to replace him because he’s got a minor injury?

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by Brian Galliford on Sep 25, 2009 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

No but you have to admit that for a late 1st. Rd. Pick he hasn’t in anyway lived up to expectations…players picked after McCargo. Nick managold_ m. Kiwanucka, d.hester, demeco ryans and alot more good players in that draft went after him I know we could have used owen daniels pick after him and brandon marshall picked in the 4th go back and look at that draft it was deep with good players

Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas, Bruce Smith and Andre Reed aren't walking through that door with there helmets and jerseys anymore, so lets get over are past and build a new tradition.

by Moe_frm_B_ on Sep 25, 2009 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

How about we replace him because he hasn't been able to remain healthy enough to

play at an acceptable level, even as a 4th DT.

Poor ball security leads to very painful outcomes

by Joe P. on Sep 25, 2009 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

this is sad as far as John McCargo’s career goes, here is the perfect opportunity to play this year when all of the Bills veteran players are going down with injuries and being replaced with younger players. For each veteran replaced, the young resilent players are stepping up and playing like they been there for 2 years. McCargo plays behind Marcus Stroud, what make me so sure he will not be next in line for the injured reserve? Marv Levy(General Manager) did not draft you as a number #1 pick to sit the bench, you could play. Here is your opportunity, prove it to yourself .

by Hurricane$$ on Sep 26, 2009 3:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

John McCargo has been a none-factor to this point, obviously it’s difficult to make much of an impact, when he has been on the field for 15 snaps in two games, but at the same time, he needs to prove to the coaches that he deserves to be on the field more, which he evidently hasn’t.
Both Marcus, Kyle and Spence have done a very good job so far of run-stopping as well as penetrating, but it would really go a long way, if Big John could step up his sloppy game.

by BillsfanfromDenmark on Sep 26, 2009 4:51 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Doesn’t look good for Nelson. He didn’t practice at all Friday. That’s not usually a good sign…

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by Kurupt on Sep 26, 2009 12:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I think he is still listed as probable.

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by MattRichWarren on Sep 26, 2009 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

All the injury reports I see

list him as Doubtful….

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by Kurupt on Sep 27, 2009 12:53 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

http://www.buffalobills.com/team/injury-report.html

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by MattRichWarren on Sep 27, 2009 8:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

True, but McGee didn’t practise at all during the week before the game against the Bucs and he still played during the game. He played quite well too.

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by CanadianBillsFan on Sep 26, 2009 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

McGee has a history of playing through injuries.

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by MattRichWarren on Sep 26, 2009 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed. But just because we haven’t seen that out of Nelson (yet… afterall he is a rookie), doesn’t mean that he wouldn’t play through an injury either. Give the kid a chance.

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by CanadianBillsFan on Sep 27, 2009 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs