‘Thomas suffered liver and kidney contusions on the jarring hit he took on the opening play of Sunday’s 31-14 season-opening loss at Indianapolis and will be out six weeks, coach Wade Phillips said.’
BillsBeat - September 14, 1999
Bills should rebound from poor Week 1
‘I noticed during the Bills-Colts game that Buffalo played without an offensive line. Is this a new game plan? I sure hope they’ll use a line against the Jets this Sunday.’
Thurman Out for Six Weeks
“Not only did the Bills get trounced yesterday in Indianapolis, but today it was learned that Thurman Thomas suffered more than a rib injury in that ferocious hit he took from Tyrone Poole on the opening play from scrimmage. The Bills revealed that Thomas suffered contusions of the liver and the kidney. Wade Phillips in a press conference today, said that the future Hall-of-Famer could be lost to the Bills by as much as 6 weeks. Right now, Thomas is recovering in a hospital.”
BillsBeat - September 13, 1999
Buffaloed no more/Colts' secondary ready to play
Bills' loss to Colts was a team effort
No more 'luxury' seating for press
Bills trampled by a Colts stampede
Shout! Newspaper's Bills' X's & O's
The Bills played a clunker in the season opener against the Colts Sunday. Here’s the unit by unit analysis.