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The Bills worked without pads today for two hours at St. John Fisher College. Coach Dick Jauron said tackle Matt Murphy still was being evaluated. He suffered a shoulder injury Monday and is out for Thursday's game and probably a lot longer. Patrick Estes has a left knee injury but he was in attendance. Jauron did not detail the severity of Estes' injury. Brad Butler, who started 31 straight games at right tackle at the University of Virginia, took some repetitions at right tackle with the second team and is expected to see action there against the Steelers, out of necessity. The Bills are not expected to sign anyone at tackle immediately because that player would not be able to play against the Steelers anyway. If for some reason Estes can't return for the next game at Indianapolis, then there probably would be a greater chance the Bills would sign someone next week. ... Also not practicing were Scott Mayle, Marcus Buggs, Blake Costanzo and Tim Massaquoi. ... In 11-on-11 work, James Hardy made a nice catch on a bootleg pass from Trent Edwards. In 7-on-7 work rookie Reggie Corner continued to impress, with a good pass breakup on an Edwards throw for Hardy. Corner also broke up a fine throw from Edwards to Evans in the end zone with a well-timed leap. ... Edwards was flushed out of the pocket and made an accurate strike to Lee Evans on the sideline. Rookie Stevie Johnson made an impressive juggling catch along the right sideline on a pass from J.P. Losman. Jabari Greer picked off a pass from Edwards for Evans that was tipped in the secondary. ... Robert Royal had a red-zone TD catch from Edwards and another from Matt Baker.

---Mark Gaughan