Roscoe Parrish restricted to injured reserve by Buffalo Bills

Wednesday, September 21st, 2011 at 11:48 am , filed under NFL News by Scottshapell

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The season for Roscoe Parrish is over after the Buffalo Bills have placed the wide receiver on injured reserve on Tuesday. Two days after, he hurt his left ankle during a 38-35 victory against Oakland Raiders. Further, the move depletes the Billâ€™s depth at receiver coming one week after Marcus Easley was place on injury reserve because of illness.

Parrish stumbled awkwardly after making a 16-yard catch, but he remained in the game for the next play before collapsing on the sideline and was hurt during the second quarter against Oakland. Chan Gailey, Bills coach has indicated on Monday that Parrish’s injury was a long-term one, but he didn’t believe the ankle was broken.

Parrish’s injury is a big blow to a Ryan Fitzpatrick-led offense that has been prolific in scoring a combined 79 points in two games. Last month, a seven-year veteran became the Bills’ longest-tenured receiver after the team traded Lee Evans to the Baltimore Ravens. He was being counted on to play in the slot where he showed signs of flourishing last season and had a career-best of 400 receiving yards and 2 touchdowns in 8 games, before sustaining a season-ending broken wrist injury.

However, David Nelson, a second-year pro is expected to take over in the slot after filling in for Parrish on Sunday. He scored the decisive touchdown against the Raiders on a 6-year catch with 14 seconds.

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