Buffalo Bills receiver Terrell Owens cracked a couple of good one-liners before heading off for some rest and relaxation this weekend.

Owens said the Bills' offense is making it way too easy for opposing offenses to tire out

the Bills' defense.

"As I mentioned Sunday in the press conference, if you look at the box score, obviously

those scores can be misleading because we've lost a lot of games in the third and fourth

quarter," Owens said. "That's really due to our defense being on the field more so than we

should."

"This last game, we only offensively had 45 plays, and the defense, they were out there 70-

plus plays," Owens said. "So when you give a team a short field, as I mentioned on Sunday, I

mean, Barney Fife, Alvin and the Chipmunks can go out there and score."

Owens cracked a playful joke when asked if he was going to go to Los Angeles to catch a

Lakers game during the Bills' bye weekend.

"Possibly. You never know. I'm definitely not going to Mexico, not going to Cabo," Owens

said.

Of course, that was a reference to the firestorm that occurred in Dallas after the 2007

regular season ended and Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo went to Mexico with then-girlfriend

Jessica Simpson during a bye week before the start of the playoffs. Cabo San Lucas was their

getaway location.

The Bills had a second bye week practice in the field house Wednesday before taking off

until Monday.

Owens continued:

"I'm just going to kind of relax. I may go through Dallas and then go on to L.A. and just

try to get a little relaxation in. I think at this point in time with the season, especially

with this team, we've had so many injuries, this team needs a break. I think we've had a lot

of guys dinged up a little bit. Maybe we can come back refreshed a little bit, and maybe that

will be the key for us."

Owens reiterated he's focused on raising his own level of play.

"Personally I know I could have played better in some areas, and I will do that coming back

in and going to the second half of the season," he said.

Owens acknowledged the team is disappointed about its position.

"I think from everybody's standpoint, especially with the expectations of the season,

myself included coming here, the bar was raised," Owens said. "We're nowhere near it. So

that's where the air has kind of been let out a little bit. We're looking forward to [the

second half]. I think offensively we've talked as a unit as far as what can we do better to

kind of help the defense out a little bit. Offensively we just haven't been getting it done.

"It's like we have to at some point across the board take it personal to help this team out

from an offensive standpoint. How do we get that done? Who knows? I think there's some time

during this bye week, that the coaches and players have to evaluate themselves, assess what's

going on, what did we do good, and correct the things and make the things better that we did

bad and terrible."

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Bills coach Dick Jauron sounded upbeat about the health status of free safety Jairus Byrd

after Wednesday's practice.

Byrd has been playing with discomfort the past couple of weeks in the area where he had

surgery to repair a sports hernia in July. Byrd saw a specialist in Philadelphia on Monday and

indicated he'd have a better idea how it feels after a practice or two next week.

"I've talked to him, he feels good about the trip," Jauron said. "It kind of reinforced what

we've been telling him here and what he knew, but it was definitely worth the trip. We

anticipate he'll be fine as we move along. I'm not saying it won't be sore, but he understands

that."

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Tight end Shawn Nelson has missed the past two games due to migraine headaches. He said he

has suffered from migraines in past years and believes it's a hereditary condition. However,

Nelson said he is improving and he's aiming to practice when the Bills return from the bye.

"There won't be any contact but I'll be out there moving around doing some things," Nelson

said. "I'm feeling good and eager to get back out there."

Nelson's return would be a plus for the offense because he provides more versatility in the

passing game.

Tackle Jonathan Scott, out the past three games with an ankle sprain, was back working at

practice for the first time since his injury.