--WR Lee Evans has suddenly disappeared from the Buffalo offense. The Bills' primary passing-game weapon was invisible in the loss to Cleveland and was held without a catch for the first time in 68 games by a Browns pass defense that ranked 21st in the league entering the Monday night game. Evans now has only six catches for 63 yards in his last three games. It did not help that QB Trent Edwards endured one of the worst games of his career and never seemed capable of finding Evans, but Evans is clearly not getting open. "We need to look at some tape and fix some things here, and see if Lee's open on any of these plays," Edwards said.

--SS Donte Whitner tried his best, but in the end, it could end up costing him more lost playing time. Whitner suffered a separated shoulder on Nov. 2 against the Jets and sat out the Bills' loss to New England. But with the team playing on Monday night, against his hometown Cleveland Browns, Whitner made it a priority to put aside his pain and play. He made it through the first half but never came out of the locker room after the break as he apparently re-injured the shoulder, and this time it could be worse. The Bills also lost starting CB Jabari Greer in the first half to a leg injury, and he could not finish.

Coach Dick Jauron would not elaborate, but he termed the injuries "significant" and that can't be a good thing.

--Rookie CB/KR Leodis McKelvin made quite a prime-time debut against the Browns. He scored the first touchdown of his NFL career on an electrifying 98-yard kickoff return, and he also had returns of 38 and 49 yards. His 185 return yards set a Bills rookie record and tied for the third most in team history. With 1,073 yards on the season, McKelvin is now just 133 yards shy of breaking the team rookie record for kickoff return yards in a season set by Eric Moulds in 1996. The overall record is 1,391 yards by Terrence McGee in 2005.

"I've been waiting for that chance since Week 1," McKelvin said. "If you look at some of the games, I've been one play from scoring. I was just telling the guys, 'Y'all do a great job of blocking for me, I'll get one.'"

The Bills' average drive start after Cleveland's seven kickoffs was their own 40.

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