Parrish to be full go
Wednesday
Oct/15/08 07:55 AM Filed in:
Roscoe
Parrish
The bye week has apparently
done the Bills quite well. Not only was Trent
Edwards
back throwing passes and taking
snaps with the starting unit, but receiver Roscoe
Parrish also participated in practice for the
first time since undergoing thumb surgery more
than two weeks ago.
“Everything went pretty well,” said Parrish
following Monday’s practice. “It went
better than I thought it would be. I went out there and
ran routes pretty good, caught the ball pretty good and
caught punts.”
Parrish participated only in individual position drills
for the first 15-20 minutes of practice, and did not
take snaps during the team portions of the workout.
The first thing he did was catch punts knowing the
impact on his hand would be less severe than catching
passes from Buffalo’s quarterbacks. But he did
run routes and catch passes and was pretty satisfied
with how his thumb felt.
“The training staff did a good job of supporting
my thumb with a pad and everything, so I didn’t
really feel a lot of pain,” said Parrish.
“It was just uncomfortable and I had to get used
to (the pad). As far as the pain I didn’t really
have any pain.”
The Bills wideout and return specialist is just trying
to get his full endurance back by Sunday. Not
practicing with his teammates the past three weeks left
him slightly winded after running routes during
individual position drills.
Moving forward the plan is to have Parrish participate
fully on Wednesday, and how he comes through that
practice will largely determine his status for Sunday.
“Everything right now is looking pretty
good,” he said. “I’ll be full go on
Wednesday and we’ll see from there. I feel pretty
good about Sunday. I have a real good chance.”
(buffalobills.com)