News: McCoy is not practicing Thursday due to an illness, Mike Rodak of ESPN.com reports. (Thu Sep 7)
Spin: We suppose the bright side is, if one of your key players gets sick you'd rather have it happen Wednesday or Thursday vs. the weekend. McCoy should still have plenty of time to get better (initial reports say it's a stomach bug) for Sunday's opener against the Jets, where he's expected to have a heavy workload. McCoy also has a good line in front of him, so in a run-oriented offense he's one of the best running backs out there if you think his 29-year-old body will hold up. The big question is what the Bills are going to do around the goal line, as Mike Tolbert has the potential to specialize inside the five.
Spin: We suppose the bright side is, if one of your key players gets sick you'd rather have it happen Wednesday or Thursday vs. the weekend. McCoy should still have plenty of time to get better (initial reports say it's a stomach bug) for Sunday's opener against the Jets, where he's expected to have a heavy workload. McCoy also has a good line in front of him, so in a run-oriented offense he's one of the best running backs out there if you think his 29-year-old body will hold up. The big question is what the Bills are going to do around the goal line, as Mike Tolbert has the potential to specialize inside the five.
