D. Bell could be done for season
Bills coach Dick Jauron said Monday the team is "not optimistic" about the right knee injury suffered by left tackle Demetrius Bell in Sunday's 41-17 loss to the Tennessee Titans.
"He saw our doctors after the game and they'll see him again later on this evening ... and we'll know more then. We're not optimistic about that, though, at this point," Jauron said.
With Bell presumably out this week against Jacksonville and possibly the season, that leaves the team with just two healthy tackles, and that presumes Jonathan Scott returns to the team after missing Sunday's game due to the death of his father.
The Bills are expected to look outside the organization for help at the position.
"I believe we will bring in people and work them out," Jauron said. "Whoever is available, again, we'll bring them in and look at them. We've got a pretty good idea because of our situation through the year of who is available, but I know we'll go through the process again and be as thorough as we can be."
Rookie left guard Andy Levitre shifted over to tackle after Bell was hurt Sunday and will be a consideration to play there again, Jauron said.
---Jay Skurski
Thats a good ideal,Kermit's pretty light on his feet.
7 weeks to Marty ball.
Posted by: gsimons | November 16, 2009 at 09:04 PM
We should all thank Bud Adams for tell Ralph, Russ, Tom and Mauron how we feel towards them! I think Bud got it right!
Posted by: Matt | November 16, 2009 at 07:55 PM
I read an interesting article in the NY times (of all places)...it states that a recent NFL study found that from 2003-2007, the high point of players missing games was in Week 10, when an average of a little more than three players per team were out with injuries. The low point came in Week 17, when the final game of the regular season is played. An average of just over one player per team was out. The average for the regular season was 2.7 players per team missing a game each week; the average decreased to 1.2 players per team missing postseason games.
The implication is not that injuries decreased late in the season; rather, the data suggested that players play with injuries when games are more important. (see the following article: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D02E4DB103AF93BA15756C0A96F9C8B63)
So now, let's look at the Bills in 2009, Let's see...a whopping 14 players injured at week 10
Terrence McGee (Knee)
Demetrius Bell (Knee)
Kyle Williams (Knee)
Ashton Youboty (Ankle)
Donte Whitner (Ankle)
Roscoe Parrish (Knee)
Brad Butler IR (Knee)
Derek Schouman (Knee)
Leodis McKelvin (Fibula)
Keith Ellison (Quad)
James Hardy (Knee)
Marcus Buggs (Knee)
Kawika Mitchell (Knee)
Jonathan Scott (Ankle)
So, what's the conclusion?
A) The Bills are extremely unlucky
B) Bills games from here on out do not matter (they are unimportant)
C) The Bills players, on average, are undersized at their position and unable to take as much physical play as the rest of the league
D) The Bills strength and conditioning staff are by far the worst in the league
Answer: All of the above!
Posted by: JoePa72 | November 16, 2009 at 06:48 PM
Does it really make a difference at this point? You can put Kermit the Frog for all I care.
Posted by: BuffaloHoosier | November 16, 2009 at 05:54 PM
Oh, yeah, remember that this guy was the guy who was supposed to replace Jason Peters. False start penalties and now out for the season. How's that working out?
This team can't even keep players they've got locked up under contract. What does that say about the strength of this team's front office?
Posted by: Jimmy | November 16, 2009 at 05:14 PM
The Bills should not even bother bringing anyone in. Just play with 10 men, and don't tell Jauron, nobody will no the diffence.
Posted by: Dee | November 16, 2009 at 04:52 PM
Weak team, weak results, week after week. The whole season is on IR.
Posted by: Louis Martin | November 16, 2009 at 04:27 PM
Maybe the Bills will take the lone fullback on the roster and have him play left tackle. The Bills are masters at making players play positions they've haven't played before at the NFL level. Look at how it worked out for Bryan Scott yesterday. He is a safety who played at linebacker yesterday and got ran over by the Titans' Chris Johnson near the goal line on his way into the end zone.
Posted by: realNFLfan | November 16, 2009 at 04:08 PM
Hey Jauron, I'm available, I was pretty good at the shuttle-run in high school. You can waive Karl Malone Jr. now.
Posted by: TD | November 16, 2009 at 03:48 PM