ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) -J.P. Losman was named the Buffalo Bills' starting quarterback Tuesday, coming out on top following a preseason competition to reclaim the job he lost last year to Kelly Holcomb.

Coach Dick Jauron made the announcement after practice, saying Losman had clearly performed best during training camp to earn the No. 1 job in a three-way competition that included Holcomb and free-agent addition Craig Nall.

``I told him he should feel good about it, he earned it,'' said Jauron, shortl

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) -Buffalo Bills linebacker Takeo Spikes has a message for anyone who may have doubted his determination.

``I'm back,'' Spikes said Saturday after Buffalo's 20-17 preseason loss to the Cleveland Browns.

It was the two-time Pro-Bowler's first game appearance since shredding his right Achilles' tendon in the third week of the 2005 season.

One tackle against the Browns helped erase months of frustration.

On the game's first play, Cleveland running back Reuben Droughns was stuffe

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) -Buffalo Bills receiver Peerless Price returned to practice Thursday, a day after he was held out because of a sore triceps.

Price is expected to play Saturday when Buffalo hosts Cleveland. The seven-year NFL veteran is slotted as the No. 2 receiver behind Lee Evans, but has been held without a catch in Buffalo's first two preseason games.

Strong safety Matt Bowen is not expected to play after he aggravated a bruised lower right leg earlier this week. Bowen's absence means rookie

His latest act has Cleveland on edge.

Edwards, who returned to the practice field months ahead of doctors' predictions following reconstructive knee surgery, could make his exhibition debut Saturday when the Browns play the Buffalo Bills.

Coach Romeo Crennel said earlier this week there was a good possibility Edwards would play for the first time this preseason.

On Wednesday, Edwards wasn't so sure.

``I heard something on the news about I was playing this weekend, but that def

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) -Troy Vincent would have preferred Bryant Gumbel kept his views to himself rather than using his TV show as a forum to harshly criticize the NFL's relationship with its players' union.

Vincent, the NFLPA president and Buffalo Bills safety, called Gumbel's comments ``inappropriate'' and ``detrimental.''

``He's entitled to speak his mind ... and he felt that was his forum to do so,'' Vincent said Tuesday after a Bills training camp practice in suburban Rochester. ``But I just though

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) -Peerless Price was fined by the Buffalo Bills on Monday for missing practice a day earlier after the receiver mistakenly misread the team's schedule.

``It'll cost him a good deal of money,'' coach Dick Jauron said after Price rejoined the Bills for their two practices Monday. Jauron did not disclose the amount the player was fined, but said it was within the limits of the NFL's collective bargaining agreement.

Referring to Price's absence as ``a dumb mistake,'' Jauron said he acc

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) -Buffalo Bills receiver Peerless Price missed practice Sunday, two days after he was held without a catch for the second consecutive preseason game.

Coach Dick Jauron was unavailable for comment following the light workout, but will address the situation Monday. Bills spokesman Scott Berchtold said that Price was ``absent.''

Price, Buffalo's second-round pick in 1999, signed with the Bills as a free agent in April after spending three disappointing seasons with Atlanta and Dallas.

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) -The big question for the Cincinnati Bengals is this: When is Carson Palmer finally going to test his surgically repaired knee in a preseason game?

It won't happen Friday when the Bengals travel to play the Buffalo Bills. So Palmer's status remains the hot topic.

``This is just the normal progression of an injured player,'' former Bengals quarterback Boomer Esiason said this week. ``He'll be here, and then all this stuff and this nonsense can stop because that's exactly what it

Saban has assembled one of the largest coaching staffs in the NFL, including two assistants who were head coaches last year. Former Houston Texans coach Dom Capers will oversee the defense, and former Buffalo Bills coach Mike Mularkey is the new offensive coordinator.

As Saban revamped his staff and roster, he also changed the attitude in the locker room.

``He didn't give anybody any choice,'' defensive tackle Vonnie Holliday said. ``He was like, `This is

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -With a new coach, general manager and more than a dozen new players, it may be hard to recognize the Buffalo Bills in Saturday's preseason opener against the Carolina Panthers.

Dick Jauron will make his Bills' coaching debut under new general manager Marv Levy, a Hall of Famer after taking Buffalo to four straight Super Bowls as head coach in the early 1990s.

Add in the offseason departures of veterans Eric Moulds, Sam Adams, Lawyer Milloy, Mike Williams, and Mark Campbell, and t