Tyler Thigpen

Brad Smith ready to be Bills new "slash" player

With his do-it-all offensive talents, Buffalo's Brad Smith could become the NFL's newest version of "Slash.

"Smith, who signed with the Bills as a free agent last week, can run like a running back, throw like a quarterback, and catch like a receiver, and with his new team he'll be doing all three under the guidance of coach Chan Gailey, who tutored the original "Slash," Kordell Stewart, while the two were together in Pittsburgh in the mid-1990s."I see him being used in a similar role," Gailey said about his Smith. "He can play some receiver and quarterback, and gives you a lot of versatility. He can play special teams, cover kicks and return kicks. He can do a lot to help a football team win games."Winning has certainly been the problem the past decade for a Bills team that hasn't qualified for the postseason since 1999.Smith, meanwhile, has gone to the past two AFC championship games with the New York Jets after being drafted out of Missouri as a dynamic quarterback in the fourth round...

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