ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- The Buffalo Bills placed defensive tackle Kyle Williams on injured reserve because of a left foot injury and signed journeyman kicker Dave Rayner to fill in for injured veteran Rian Lindell in a pair of moves made Tuesday. The Williams move did not come as a surprise. The six-year player was scheduled to be examined by a specialist this week. Williams has missed the past three games and been bothered by the injury since training camp. The equipment staff at one point this season cut holes into the back of Williams left cleat to alleviate the pressure on his foot. The exact nature of the injury hasnt been disclosed, and its unclear whether Williams will require surgery. Coming off his first Pro Bowl appearance last season, Williams has been the defences most consistent player. He was rewarded for that in August, when he signed a six-year contract extension potentially worth US$39 million. Rayner arrives to take over for Lindell, whos out indefinitely after hurting his right shoulder in a 27-11 loss to the New York Jets on Sunday. Theres no timetable on how long Lindell will be out. The possibility of the player being placed on injured reserve has not been discussed. On Monday, coach Chan Gailey would only rule out Lindell from playing Sunday, when the Bills (5-3) travel to Dallas (4-4). Rayner has played for seven teams over parts of six NFL seasons, including a one-game stint last month with Oakland while filling in for an injured Sebastian Janikowski in a 28-0 loss to Kansas City. He hit 13 of 16 field-goal attempts -- including a 55-yarder -- and had 55 points in eight games with Detroit last season. Rayners most productive season came in 2006 with Green Bay, where he hit 26 of 35 attempts and had 109 points in 16 games. Rayner first broke in with Indianapolis as a kickoff specialist in 2005. Hes also played with Kansas City, San Diego and Cincinnati. Overall, hes made 55 of 75 field-goal attempts, including hitting three of seven attempts of 50 yards or longer. Lindell was hurt while making a diving tackle by tripping up Joe McKnight on a 59-yard kickoff return to open the second half. Lindell was slow to get up and held his right arm in pain as he walked to the sideline. He hit a 24-yard field goal in the third quarter, but was held out in the fourth quarter. Hes not missed a game in his nine seasons in Buffalo, and ranks second on the team with 204 career field goals and 875 points. In another move, Bills waived offensive lineman Ed Wang from injured reserve. Doudoune Canada Goose Pas Cher. - The Arizona Coyotes have waived defenceman David Schlemko. 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Obviously this knowledge provides another strategic advantage to the coaching staff of the home team. Specifically, what has the home team done to EARN receiving this information/advantage first, other than simply being the home team? My question also applies to the stick-to-the-ice requirement on faceoffs by the visiting team first. Why is this so? Wouldnt it be more fair for the teams to call head or tails on the flip of a coin for these two issues, like they do in football for the kickoff? Couldnt they flip a coin five hours before game time - one coin flip for the lineup submission, and a second flip for the faceoff stick placement? It seems that these two additional unearned benefits bestowed to the home team in the playoffs need re-examination, unless Im missing something here. Thank you very much,BillLaval, Quebec Hi Bill: The founders initiated a policy that since one team had to submit their starting lineup and playing roster first. Given that the season schedule was balanced the visiting team coach was ultimately designated in the rules as the one required to blink first! Recognizing that over the course of the regular season a team plays an equal number of games at home and on the road Rule 33.3 outlines the process as follows: It is the policy of the National Hockey League that the coach of the visiting club provide to the Official Scorer, a list of eligible players, his starting line-up and designated Captain and Alternates, within five (5) minutes of completion of the warm-up twenty (20) minutes prior to faceoff. These twenty (20) minutes gives the Official Scorer time to obtain the completed home team line-up, return it to the visiting Coach and provide a copy of both line-ups to the Referees. The Official Scorer must file a report to the Commissioner or his designate if either Coach fails to cooperate within these recommended guidelines. (Report to be forwarded to NHL Toronto office). The starting lineup is simply a one-time event during the course of a game. Matching lines against key players can become an issue throughout the entire game for the visiting team Coach since the home team has the benefit of last change. Changes on the fly can become an integral part of the strategy employed by both teams and when not executed cleannly can result in scoring opportunities.dddddddddddd We have seen situations where the line matching process can even take place immediately following the opening puck drop whereby the visiting team might dump the puck deep and then head to the bench for a designated line change. In a playoff series that goes the full seven games, the team that won the right to host the deciding game (and it was won over the long haul and not arbitrarily bestowed) also receives the full bundle of rights associated with home ice advantage; recording starting line-up last, centre stick down last in faceoffs and most importantly, the last line change. Over the course of my career I encountered more than a few glitches with team starting lineups and rosters that were submitted prior to the game. I assessed a bench minor for the incorrect starting line-up on more than two occasions when an appeal was made prior to the next face-off by the non-offending team. I also removed players from the game once I was informed by the official scorer that those players were not listed on the roster that had been submitted by the Coach. The most bizarre situation occurred when I had to enforce rule 5.2 to take away a goal that had just been scored by a team with an ineligible player on the ice. It didnt matter that the ineligible player was not involved in the scoring but simply that he had been on the ice at the time the goal had been scored and it was brought to my attention at that stoppage of play. When I showed the Coach the copy of the roster in my back pocket he admitted that he had entrusted the team trainer with filling in the roster sheet prior to the game! Near the end of my career I had a game in Madison Square Garden and Ken Hitchcock was coaching the visiting Philadelphia Flyers. Once we added a second referee to the crew I always entrusted the starting line-up sheets to my junior partner. In other words I never put them in my pocket because every other referee was junior to me. This night I was working with Bill McCreary so he held the roster sheets. Following the national anthem, Coach Hitchcock called McCreary to the Flyer bench. I saw him take the roster sheets out of his pocket, examine them briefly and then wave me over and to the bench. Upon my arrival, McCreary attempted to hand me the sheets and said Hitch wanted to make sure he had the correct players circled for the starting lineup. I refused to take the roster sheets and told McCreary to check them himself. 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