Donahoe On Johnson: Tom Donahoe said that the injury to Rob Johnson doesn't change anything. He said they will evaluate him at the end of the season like they will evaluate all the players. The coach said he doesn't know if a third quarterback will be brought in yet, he may bring one to the practice squad or start using practice squadder David Dinkins at QB.

Johnson Injury Update: Coach Williams spoke about the injuries in his usual Monday press conference. As feared and speculated Rob Johnson broke his collarbone. It is a midshaft fracture and it is one break that needs to heal. He said he won't put a timetable on how long Johnson will be out. They will take a look at him later in the week. The coach said everybody heals differently and it is usually a four to five week thing to heal and then the player needs to get back into playing shape. It appears that if Johnson can return it would be for the last game or two if that. He did say the club is looking at all other available options and should know more later in the week on what they will do. Injury Page.

Johnson Loses Family Member: Rob Johnson had more bad news, as his grandfather passed away over the weekend, he has left the team to join his family today. He will return to Buffalo later in the week. Our sympathies go out to his family.

Williams Talks About Loss: The coach felt the team had a chance to win the game as the defense got the club back in the game with the big turnover in the final minutes. He felt the onside kick was scripted and executed perfectly but the ball did not bounce the right way. On Smith's 42 yard touchdown run the Bills were trying to strip the ball making them miss tackles. He felt a critical problem was not converting third downs offensively and giving up third and long conversions to the Patriots. On the punting, he feels the club needs to get better at punting in bad weather and he thinks Brian Moorman will bounce back. He admitted the team needs to get better at saving timeouts as they continue to burn critical timeouts because of a number of problems getting the plays in. He blames the commmunication and aligment problems that are causing them to burn timeouts a problem for everyone, coaches, quarterback, linemen, and receivers. He went on to say that the club believes in Alex Van Pelt.

Johnson's Season Appears To Be Over: The Bills aren't saying anything official yet but media reports say that Rob Johnson broke his clavicle in four places ending his season. This makes Alex Van Pelt the starting quarterback for the second half of the season. It may be fitting that Van Pelt will lead the team on Jim Kelly day next week since he is close friends and was the backup to the legendary former quarterback. The next question will be, what will the Bills do about Johnson next year? This year was his tryout and he gets an incomplete grade.

Bills Lose Another One: It was a game played under very windy conditions and it showed as both teams struggled offensively but the Patriots put enough together to gain the 21-11 victory in the Bills last appearance at Foxboro Stadium. Rob Johnson threw for 167 yards before leaving the game with a shoulder injury late in the game. The running game could not get untracked as the Bills trailed 14-3 until the final minutes. Alex Van Pelt hit Peerless Price for the lone Bills touchdown to pull them within three. Antowain Smith then got the ultimate revenge by breaking tackles on his way to a 41 yard game clinching touchdown. Complete Review.

Offensive Woes Continue: The Bills offense took another step back this week as the defensive played perhaps their most impressive game of the season. The front seven of the defense gatheried seven sacks, held Tom Brady to 107 yards passing, and forced three turnovers. The offense couldn't get into the end zone until late in the fourth quarter to waste the fine effort of the defense. The discrepency between the two units are laid out in our weekly grades. Gameday Grades.