Archives for August 13, 2001

‘Cowart suffered heat-related back spasms in practice Thursday. Second-year pro Kenyatta Wright started in his place last night.’

‘The best showing of all for the Bills may have come from rookie running back Travis Henry, who is locked in a training camp battle with Shawn Bryson and Sammy Morris to become the team’s featured ball carrier.’

‘Midway through the second quarter, the Rams had outgained Buffalo 196-37, with 11 Rams players touching the ball on offense.’

‘Seeing how Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas and Andre Reed have retired, the Bills are fairly toothless on offense these days. They stayed basic on offense Sunday. Then again, the Rams kept it simple on defense, too.’

‘The defenders came out sharp against Buffalo, limiting the Bills’ first-string offense to 19 yards in three first-quarter series. Overall, Buffalo was limited to 173 yards of total offense and only 10 first downs.’

‘Rob Johnson played three series for the Bills and completed 3-of-5 for 13 yards. Backup Alex Van Pelt was 6-for-11 for 54 yards with an interception. The Bills were held to just 164 total yards.’

Stats of game.

“Rob Johnson had a hard time adjusting to the West Coast offense.”

Bills starting quarterback Rob Johnson was in for three series, going 3-for-5 for 13 yards and managing just one first down.

“We obviously would have like to have moved downfield and put the ball in the end zone, but this was the first game for us and we’ll look to improve,” Johnson said.