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Bills 2nd pick, WR James Hardy, is out for the year after tearing his ACL in Sunday’s loss to the Jets, according to WGR’s Dan Hager who is out at One Bills Drive. He requires surgery and his status for next year is unknown.

He is already being labeled as a bust seeing as he couldn’t even learn the Bills playbook.  It will give rookie Steven Johnson a chance to play more, and he has look pretty good in his limited snaps.

Hardy’s 4 catches this year will not be missed.  He was a non-factor in almost every game this year.

Once again, the Bills are going to have to look for a WR to play opposite Lee Evans that will actually draw attention away from him.

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The Buffalo Bills took a hit with the news coming out today that slot WR and return man Roscoe Parrish will be out 4-6 weeks after recovering from thumb surgery.  Parrish underwent surgery on the thumb Tuesday after he suffered an injury in the game Sunday, against the Oakland Raiders.  The exact extent of the injury is unknown although head coach Dick Jauron has come out and said it was a problem with the ligament.  Jauron said, “It wasn’t a bone issue.  My understanding was it was a ligament issue and there’s no support for the thumb if it moves a certain way. Talking to him today he wasn’t in a lot of pain or discomfort with it. We’re just hoping it heals real fast and we get him back on the field.”

The thumb was injured early in the 4th quarter of the game, but Parrish played through the pain and scored a late receiving TD that helped the Bills rally in the 4th to beat the Raiders, 24-23.  Roscoe hasn’t missed a game due to injury since 2005 when he broke his wrist in training camp during his rookie season.

Through the first 3 games, Parrish has caught 7 passes for 60 yards and 1 TD.  In the return game, he has 11 punt returns for 167 yards (good for a 15.18 average) and 1 TD.

Rookie Leodis McKelvin will most likely step into the punt returners role which he excelled in  during his college career.  Second string RB Fred Jackson or slot WR Josh Reed could also return punts as all three did so in pratice today.  It will not be known until game day which player will be taking over his duties.

Rookie WR James Hardy and Justin Jenkins are the two players who will step into Parrish’s slot role.  Steven Johnson is a long shot to take over the job.  Jenkins has not caught any passes so far this season, while Hardy has 2 catches for 12 yards and a TD.

My thoughts are that McKelvin takes over the punt returner role, while Jenkins gets most of the playing time from the slot.  Hardy will be used a lot more inside the 50 though, and especially in the redzone where he is a huge target with his large frame. 

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Hello Bills fans.  Today the team announced that they have signed seventh round pick Steve Johnson.  Johnson was the second of three seven round picks the Bills had in the 2008 draft.  Johnson had a monster senior year as a receiver, posting over 1,000 yards and 13 tds.  He has great size at 6′2″ 200 lbs.  He will be competing for the fifth wide receiver spot with special teams standout Justin Jenkins.  If the the team only decides to keep five receivers, the training camp battle between Jenkins and Johnson will be one to watch.  With a little grooming, Johnson can turn out to be a solid receiver in the NFL. 

On the NFL Network program total access, Jamie Dukes was asked about what he thought of Donte Whitner’s comment that said he guaranteed the Bills will make the playoffs.  Dukes responded by saying that he agrees with Whitner.  I always like Dukes and feel that he is a 100% right.  Thanks for billieving.  Go Bills. 

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Hello Bills fans.  Buffalo Police was said to be at One Bills Drive today interviewing players that were said to be in Marshawn Lynch’s car during the hit and run accident on May 31st.  As per WGR 550 sports radio, the Buffalo News is reporting that team owner Ralph Wilson and chief operating officer Russ Brandon are expected to be called in by Buffalo Police.  The three players that are said to have been with Lynch are rookies James Hardy and Steve Johnson as well as offensive lineman Christian Gaddis.  The District Attorney is trying to get to the bottom of this and the players involved will not speak on the incident.  I hope this gets resolved real soon because training camp is only six weeks away. 

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