Two Bills Drive

‘With 46 seconds left in the first quarter of last year’s game at Buffalo, Mark Dixon’s right fibula snapped. Ligaments were torn. His season, if not career, was over, that much he knew.’

‘Lucas, meanwhile, will be much more prepared to face the Bills this time. He has played increasingly better each week since that Buffalo game and played particularly well against the Chargers last Sunday.’

‘Opponents have stopped blitzing Drew Bledsoe and are concentrating on dropping the safeties to take away the big passes to Eric Moulds and Peerless Price. The results: In the last two games, Moulds has six catches for 60 yards, Price has 10 catches for 89 yards. The results of that: The Bills have scored one touchdown in each of the last three games.’

‘In 1997, his final year as a linebacker with the Buffalo Bills, Covington earned $276,300. He became a starter toward the end of his brief career. In his final game, he made 20 solo tackles and seemed to be coming into his own. But during practice he suffered nerve damage in his left knee, cutting short his career.’

‘“He was a good, young kid. It’s really a shame,” said Dennis Lynch, a Glassboro native who is now the director of archives for the Buffalo Bills. “He was a promising young player when we had him in Buffalo. We were both from South Jersey and we kidded around a little bit about that. He never really reached his potential in professional football after a really good college career. He never really got that full shot because of the knee injury.”’

‘The 29-year-old Covington, who died at the scene, did not live at the apartment, Shralow said.’

‘Covington, 29, was visiting friends at the Coachman Manor Apartments in Lindenwold when two men forced their way into the apartment, police said. Covington was shot as he struggled with one of the men. The men fled on foot, said Bill Shralow, spokesman for the Camden County Prosecutor’s office. Covington was a third-round draft pick in 1995. He played for the Buffalo Bills until 1997 when a knee injury ended his career. His attempted at a comeback in 1998 fizzled when he was waived by the team.

Anthem Singer – Tom Sartori

Tom Sartori has been heralded Buffalo, NY's Top Solo Artist for many years. Self-taught on the guitar, keyboards, trumpet, and drums, this multi-talented singer/songwriter has been performing professionally from a very early age. Officials

Referee-Bill Carollo (63)

Umpire-Butch Hannah (40)

Head Linesman-Paul Weidner (87)

Line Judge-Ben Montgomery (117)

Field Judge-Steve Zimmer (33)

Side Judge-John Parry (132)

Back Judge-Bob Waggoner (25)

Observer-Chuck Heberling

Williams Notes: Currently ranks 3rd in the AFC in rushing… also ranks 4th in the AFC and in the NFL with 1,350 total yards from scrimmage… has led the Dolphins in rushing ten times this season, in receptions three times and in reception yardage once.

Peerless Price:

Needs 73 receiving yards for his first career 1,000 yard season. He'd be just the 7th Bills player to have one and there have been only 11 in team history.

With 43 rushing yards, Henry will becomethe 8th different Bills player with a 1,000-yard campaign and the 21st overall. After practice on Friday, the Bills running back answered some emails.

‘"Just because I played the worst game in history doesn’t mean I don’t want to come face them again," Lucas said. "If I was smart I wouldn’t want to be in there right now. I’m sure all these guys (in Buffalo) are saying, "Oh, good. Ray’s coming to town. We’re going to get some picks this week.’ All I’m doing is looking at it as another game. I’m going to play it one play at a time and let the other 10 guys around me make plays."’

‘Miami ranks No. 1 in average drive start after kickoffs.’

‘If the Bills fail to make the playoffs, it won’t be the team’s eight starters in their first or second year who will take the blame. It’ll be the guys who’ve been down this path.’

‘If Washington decides Smith no longer is a fit, might the Bills consider bringing him back at a modest salary for a final season?’