Bills vs. Giants Practice Report: Eight Bills Sit Wednesday

by Brian Galliford on Oct 12, 2011 3:15 PM EDT in Buffalo Bills News

The Buffalo Bills took to the practice field today to begin installing a game plan for Sunday's game against the New York Giants. Unfortunately, they did so without eight players on the field, most notably defensive tackle Kyle Williams.

Williams, dealing with a foot injury that may prevent him from playing on Sunday, was joined on the sidelines by four other players dealing with longer-term injuries: wide receiver Donald Jones (high ankle sprain), left tackle Demetrius Bell (shoulder), outside linebacker Chris Kelsay (calf) and cornerback Aaron Williams (chest).

Meanwhile, left guard Andy Levitre, outside linebacker Shawne Merriman and safety Da'Norris Searcy also missed practice. The team has been resting Merriman during Wednesday practices most of this season, and Levitre is reportedly injured - but not so seriously that he couldn't lift weights today. No word yet on Searcy's ailment.

On the flip side, the Bills did get two injured players back for practice today: nose tackle Torell Troup (back) and inside linebacker Chris White (hamstring).

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Man, losing Williams for this week would hurt. Hopefully this weeks resting will get him ready for Sunday. Troup back is a plus, but Id rather have Williams in there, even tho he hasnt really been himself this year, yet.

Did I hear correctly in Chans presser that Bell would be out again this week? This will probably be our #1 test of a pass rush. The Giants rotational front 4 is dominate.

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by bflo on Oct 12, 2011 3:27 PM EDT reply actions

Bell won’t play this week.

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by Brian Galliford on Oct 12, 2011 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Losing a healthy Williams would hurt.

I’m not sure losing Williams right now would make a big difference; I barely notice him out there right now.

by Pistol on Oct 12, 2011 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions

If Troup is ok to play then I will agree with you.

Spencer Johnson has played pretty well this season and him being the replacement starter at DE instead of OLB would work. Troup and Dareus can hopefully handle the NT snaps that Kyle plays.

I think I’d rather us sit him this week and give it to weeks to heal for the second half of the season.

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by lonestar_ak on Oct 12, 2011 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions

It was great

seeing Spenser in last week, I really like him better than Edwards. When KW was out last week the rotation was interesting. Darius lined up at nose some and him and Heard (at least I think it was him) STUNTED. That along with the blitzes really helped the D keep Vick and his line off their game.

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by zoomer02 on Oct 13, 2011 2:03 AM EDT up reply actions

By the way I do realize SJ and

Edwards are on the field at the same time because he has been playing OLB, but I have always thought he was the better DE of the 2.

by zoomer02 on Oct 13, 2011 2:05 AM EDT up reply actions

It'd be great to have Bell back

This bye week can’t come soon enough

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by Schooled You on Oct 12, 2011 3:39 PM EDT reply actions

Love the Merriman rest

Keep him fresh for Sundays, he’s a vet no need for running around on Wed.

by Wyrd UpSide on Oct 12, 2011 4:02 PM EDT reply actions

Let a hurt Williams sit. I feel good about Darius, Edwards, and Johnson/Heard.

by Wien on Oct 12, 2011 4:03 PM EDT reply actions

Spencer Johnson is playing outside linebacker – has been for several weeks – and gets a ton of playing time there spelling both Merriman and now Chris Kelsay. He’s not really available to play D-Line, too.

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by Brian Galliford on Oct 12, 2011 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions

I figured Gailey’s propensity to move people around might provide some DT looks for Johnson here and there, along with Heard. I think we could see more of Carrington spelling Merriman and Moats rotating with Batten.

Regardless, I don’t think we are hurting for personnel should we have to move people around. I feel good about all our options, and its been a long time since I could say that and mean it.

by Wien on Oct 12, 2011 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Carrington has been pretty strictly D-Line. That switch happened after Week 1.

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by Brian Galliford on Oct 12, 2011 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions

and...

….while I can speak for his overall body of work, Carrington seems to be active and has made some really solid tackles, a couple of tips (one turned into a INT, I think).

by PineWoodsBillsFan on Oct 12, 2011 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions

Hadn’t noticed that.

Once again, I am okay with that. Carrington Darius Edwards sounds solid, too.

by Wien on Oct 12, 2011 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions

they should just bring up Jasper and put him at OLB

by dgrid on Oct 12, 2011 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions

As long as we can keep all of our WR healthy this week I think we will be in good shape injury wise as a team after our bye week. I am hopeful Kelsay, Williams and Bell will be ready to go against the Redskins.

by J-R on Oct 12, 2011 4:14 PM EDT reply actions

Still seems like we have a relatively light injury list compared to past seasons or other teams in the NFL. I also think we are making significant strides in adding overall depth to this team.

That being said I am still saddened by the loss of Easley and Parrish. We could have had an exceptional wide receiving core this year.

by B Tones on Oct 12, 2011 4:43 PM EDT reply actions

Ironic how...

We start the season with a (presumably) very deep WR core, then slowly lose a good portion of it to injury. Why does it always happen that way I wonder…

by cappy1510 on Oct 12, 2011 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions

Injuries happen a lot in this league. The Bills have had, for the most part, a light go on the injury front so far, compared to much of the rest of the NFL.

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by thefourwinds on Oct 12, 2011 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions