GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: BALTIMORE (4-2) at BUFFALO (1-4)

NFL: BALTIMORE (4-2) at BUFFALO (1-4)

<h3>Battered Ravens set to face reeling Bills</h3>



Baltimore (4-2) at Buffalo (1-4) Sunday 1:00 pm EDT

ORCHARD PARK, New York (Ticker) -- The Buffalo Bills are comingoff a bye week. The Baltimore Ravens cannot wait to get totheirs.


The Ravens play their final game before their bye week when theylimp into Buffalo on Sunday to take on the Bills in a battle ofinjury-riddled squads.


An ailing back sidelined quarterback Steve McNair and ahamstring injury knocked tight end Todd Heap out of Sunday's22-3 victory over the winless St. Louis Rams.


Four other starters sat out for the Ravens, including Pro Bowloffensive tackle Jonathan Ogden, but Baltimore's defensecompensated with a franchise-record five interceptions to goalong with four sacks.


Kyle Boller, who started in place of McNair for the second timethis season, was 18-of-30 for 184 yards but could only get theRavens into the end zone once.


Matt Stover kicked five field goals and is 8-for-8 in his lasttwo games, accounting for 25 of Baltimore's 31 points.

Boller is expected to start this week as Billick hopes to getMcNair back fully healthy for Week Nine.


<div class="pre">"We need the bye desperately physically and emotionally to</div>rest," Billick said. "We have to get Steve McNair fullyhealthy. It's in our interest to come back after the bye weekwith Steve fully healthy."


The Bills won't have any sympathy for the Ravens' injuries.Buffalo has lost three defensive starters this season and hashad to play rookie Trent Edwards at quarterback the past twoweeks after starter J.P. Losman suffered an MCL sprain in WeekThree against the New England Patriots. Losman could returnthis week.


Edwards completed 23-of-31 passes for 176 yards with aninterception against St. Louis and was 22-of-28 for 234 yards, aTD and one interception in the Bills' lone win, a 17-14 victoryover the New York Jets.


Buffalo is coming off a heartbreaking 25-24 defeat to the DallasCowboys on October 8, surrendering nine points in the final 20seconds.


The Bills became the second team in league history to lose agame in which they returned two interceptions and a kickoff fortouchdowns.

 

NFL: BALTIMORE at BUFFALO

<div class="pre">NFL
BALTIMORE 0
BUFFALO 0 14:53 LEFT, 1ST QTR

BUF BALL ON BUF 31 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: BALTIMORE at BUFFALO

<div class="pre">NFL
BALTIMORE 0
BUFFALO 0 13:46 LEFT, 1ST QTR

BAL BALL ON BAL 25 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: BALTIMORE at BUFFALO

<div class="pre">NFL
BALTIMORE 0
BUFFALO 0 11:49 LEFT, 1ST QTR

BUF BALL ON BUF 19 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: BALTIMORE at BUFFALO

<div class="pre">NFL FG BUF
RIAN LINDELL 29 YD

BALTIMORE 0
BUFFALO 3 3:51 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>

 

NFL: BALTIMORE at BUFFALO

<div class="pre">NFL
BALTIMORE 0
BUFFALO 3 3:45 LEFT, 1ST QTR

BAL BALL ON BAL 16 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: BALTIMORE at BUFFALO

<div class="pre">NFL
BALTIMORE 0
BUFFALO 3 2:06 LEFT, 1ST QTR

BUF BALL ON BUF 45 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: BALTIMORE at BUFFALO

<div class="pre">NFL END, 1ST QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
BALTIMORE 0 0
BUFFALO 3 3 END, 1ST QTR

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: BUF - FG, RIAN LINDELL 29 YD, 11:09. Drive:
12 plays, 70 yards in 7:58. Key
plays: Lynch 13-yard run to Buffalo
32; Edwards 13-yard pass to Evans
to Baltimore 43; Lynch 23-yard run
to Baltimore 20. BUFFALO 3-0</div>

 

NFL: BALTIMORE at BUFFALO

<div class="pre">NFL BALTIMORE 0
BUFFALO 3 13:28 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

NFL: BALTIMORE at BUFFALO

<div class="pre">NFL FG BUF
RIAN LINDELL 26 YD

BALTIMORE 0
BUFFALO 6 12:44 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

NFL: BALTIMORE at BUFFALO

<div class="pre">NFL
BALTIMORE 0
BUFFALO 6 12:37 LEFT, 2ND QTR

BAL BALL ON BAL 9 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: BALTIMORE at BUFFALO

<div class="pre">NFL
BALTIMORE 0
BUFFALO 6 11:52 LEFT, 2ND QTR

BUF BALL ON BAL 23 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: BALTIMORE at BUFFALO

<div class="pre">NFL FG BUF
RIAN LINDELL 35 YD

BALTIMORE 0
BUFFALO 9 10:18 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

NFL: BALTIMORE at BUFFALO

<div class="pre">NFL
BALTIMORE 0
BUFFALO 9 10:14 LEFT, 2ND QTR

BAL BALL ON BAL 16 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: BALTIMORE at BUFFALO

<div class="pre">NFL BALTIMORE 0
BUFFALO 9 5:58 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

NFL: BALTIMORE at BUFFALO

<div class="pre">NFL
BALTIMORE 0
BUFFALO 9 5:50 LEFT, 2ND QTR

BUF BALL ON BUF 20 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: BALTIMORE at BUFFALO

<div class="pre">NFL
BALTIMORE 0
BUFFALO 9 3:34 LEFT, 2ND QTR

BAL BALL ON BAL 11 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: BALTIMORE at BUFFALO

<div class="pre">NFL TWO MINUTE WARNING, 1ST HALF

BALTIMORE 0
BUFFALO 9

BAL BALL ON BAL 33 YD LINE
2ND AND 3</div>

 

NFL: BALTIMORE at BUFFALO

<div class="pre">NFL
BALTIMORE 0
BUFFALO 9 0:54 LEFT, 2ND QTR

BUF BALL ON BUF 20 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: BALTIMORE at BUFFALO

<div class="pre">NFL HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
BALTIMORE 0 0 0
BUFFALO 3 6 9 HALFTIME

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: BUF - FG, RIAN LINDELL 29 YD, 11:09. Drive:
12 plays, 70 yards in 7:58. Key
plays: Lynch 13-yard run to Buffalo
32; Edwards 13-yard pass to Evans
to Baltimore 43; Lynch 23-yard run
to Baltimore 20. BUFFALO 3-0
2ND QUARTER: BUF - FG, RIAN LINDELL 26 YD, 2:16. Drive: 8
plays, 47 yards in 4:22. Key plays:
Parrish 20-yard punt return to
Buffalo 45; Lynch 2-yard run on
3rd-and-1 to Baltimore 44; 34-yard
pass interference penalty on
Ravens' Rolle to Baltimore 7.
BUFFALO 6-0
BUF - FG, RIAN LINDELL 35 YD, 4:42. Drive: 4
plays, 6 yards in 1:34. Key plays:
DiGiorgio recovery of Sypniewski
fumble at Baltimore 23. BUFFALO 9-0</div>