Bills lose Roscoe Parrish for Season

Not only have the Buffalo Bills been losing games, they just lost two significant players to injuries.

Starting receiver Roscoe Parrish won't play again this season after sustaining a right wrist injury in Buffalo's 22-19 loss to the Chicago Bears in Toronto on Sunday, and starting inside linebacker Andra Davis is done for the year because of a nagging shoulder injury that he originally sustained in the season-opening loss to Miami.

Parrish, who finished with 33 catches and a career-high 400 receiving yards, will need surgery to repair the damage.

"You don't just replace guys that have been that productive," coach Chan Gailey said Monday. "It's an opportunity for somebody else to step up."
Parrish was hurt on Buffalo's next to last drive. On third-and-10 from the Chicago 44 with 2:31 left in regulation, he dove along the right sidelines to try and haul in Ryan Fitzpatrick's pass, and wound up falling awkwardly on the wrist.

It's the same wrist that forced Parrish to miss the first six games of his rookie season in 2005 when he broke it during training camp.

Parrish's injury is a blow to an offence that has been improving. The diminutive receiver had emerged as a solid option for Fitzpatrick after a forgettable 2009 in which he had only three receptions. Parrish was also Buffalo's best punt returner, averaging just under 11 yards on 12 returns this year. He came into the season with the fourth-highest punt return average (12.2 yards) in NFL history.

Gailey said the team will consider all of its options before either promoting Naaman Roosevelt, a Buffalo native, or Paul Hubbard from the practice squad, or simply signing a free agent to replace Parrish.

"We'll see what the best fit might be for us at this point," Gailey said.

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(ap.com)