Bills' Moulds suspended for dispute with a coach

The receiver was suspended without pay for Sunday's game against the Patriots.
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) -- Bills receiver Eric Moulds was suspended without pay for Sunday's game against the Patriots, apparently for a sideline dispute with an assistant coach during last week's loss to Miami.
"Eric hasn't practiced this week so he won't be ready to play Sunday. He is suspended for one game without pay," owner Ralph Wilson said Thursday after a meeting with Moulds and head coach Mike Mularkey.
"From there on, he'll be back and will play the final three games of the season, which I hope we'll do better than we have so far."
Wilson had no other comment on the suspension; Moulds and Mularkey did not comment.
Mularkey had barred Moulds from practice the last two days. Mularkey would not say why he was punishing Moulds, but it's believed to stem from an argument between the player and receivers coach Tyke Tolbert during Buffalo's 24-23 loss at Miami.
Wanted tendon examined
Greg Johnson, the player's adviser, said the dispute occurred when Moulds left the field after experiencing pain in his Achilles' tendon. Moulds wanted to have the tendon examined by a trainer when Tolbert asked Moulds to get back on the field, Johnson said. Moulds declined and was benched for most of the final three quarters.
Moulds is a 10-year veteran, all with Buffalo. He is the team's senior player and a three-time Pro Bowl selection who ranks second to Andre Reed in most of the Bills' career receiving categories.
The Bills (4-8) are on the verge of missing the playoffs for the sixth straight season.
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