The Bills have signed 28-year old TE John Paul Foschi.  Foschi played in 15 games (10 starts) for the Bengals last season and he caught 27 passes for 260 yards (9.6 avg) with 2 TD grabs.  He has now played in 33 games (15 starts) in his NFL career and he has caught 33 passes for 297 yards (9.0 avg) with 2 TD grabs.  This was a good signing for the Bills as Foschi played pretty well for the Bengals last year.

The Bills will be without TE Derek Schouman for the next 3-6 weeks due to a knee injury.  He just can’t seem to stay on the field for the Bills as he only played in 2 games (both starts) for them last season and he caught 9 passes for 103 yards (11.4 avg).  The Bills hope he makes a speedy recovery because they need all the help they can get on offense.  The Bills will also be without linebacker Reggie Torbor for the next three weeks due to a undisclosed injury.  Torbor had 5 tackles in the Bills’ first two pre-season games.  He played in 16 games (2 starts) for the Dolphins last season and he had 37 tackles, 1 sack, he defensed 4 passes and he had 1 interception.  The Bills hope that Torbor will be ready for the regular season opener against the Dolphins on September 12th.

The Bills will be without 4th round pick Marcus Easley (WR) and 6th round pick Danny Batten (OLB) for the entire 2010 season.  Easley had surgery on his left knee and this is a big blow to the Bills who were hoping that he would help out their depleted WR corps in 2010.  Batten needed shoulder surgery.  His loss won’t be as big as the Bills weren’t expecting much more than special teams work out of Batten in 2010.

The NFL has suspended 24-year old TE Shawn Nelson of the Bills for the first four games of the NFL regular season due to a violation of the league’s substance abuse policy.  Nelson played in 12 games (all starts) for the Bills as a rookie last year and he caught 17 passes for 156 yards (9.2 avg) with 1 TD grab.  This will hurt the Bills who were hoping that Nelson would improve and give them a threat from the TE position.

The Bills will be without 2nd year safety Jairus Byrd indefinitely due to groin surgery.  He had 1 tackle and 1 pass defensed in the Bills first two pre-season games.  Byrd was the runner up for the NFL’s Defensive Rookie of the Year last year for the Bills.  He played in 14 games (11 starts) for the Bills last year and he had 45 tackles, 11 passes defensed and 9 interceptions (118 return yards.  George Wilson will replace him at free safety with Donte Whitner moving into the starting lineup at strong safety.  Wilson & Whitner are both solid football players so the Bills should be able to get by until Byrd is ready to return to action.