PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) – The Buffalo Bills defense is sound and their offense still unsettled.

The same issues the Bills had heading into training camp in suburban Rochester four weeks ago are the same ones they left with after packing up and heading home to Orchard Park on Thursday.

The team also left a little banged up, with the most significant injury happening to rookie quarterback J.P. Losman, who will miss between two to three months after breaking his left leg on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the Bills prepare for Saturday’s game at Indianapolis wondering when their Drew Bledsoe-led offense will finally hit its stride.

“Consistency,” receiver Eric Moulds said. “I think we lacked a lot of consistency last year. And I think at times this year, in the first two preseason games, we haven’t been really consistent.”

In splitting its first two games, Buffalo has combined to score 31 points, with both touchdowns generated by backup running back Willis McGahee and the team’s second unit.

The starters have combined for three scoring drives in six series, but all of them ending with field goals.

It’s that inability to finish that concerns Moulds.

“Three points is always good, but you’ve got to be able to score touchdowns,” he said.

Moulds and the rest of the starters – minus running back Travis Henry (bruised ribs) – will get its best chance to jell this weekend when they are expected to play into the second half. Buffalo closes out its preseason schedule Sept. 2 at Detroit, a game in which the backups traditionally get most of the playing time, their last chance to make an impression before the team makes its final cuts.

“Offensively, we’ve done some good things,” Bledsoe said. “But the bottom line is we’ve got to put the ball in the end zone a few times against the Colts and come out of the game feeling strong about what we’re doing.”

Bledsoe has been efficient, going a combined 11-of-16 for 94 yards passing, with one interception that wasn’t entirely his fault. But there’s still plenty of attention on Bledsoe to show he can bounce back from the worst season of his 11-year career.

The biggest question mark on offense remains the team’s line, a front five that has been undone by injuries and remains unsettled.

“Obviously, the sooner we get that group set and get them working continuously, the better off we’re going to be,” Bledsoe said.

Rookie coach Mike Mularkey described it as a productive camp, saying he was pleased by the focus and effort he saw from his players.

Mularkey’s confident that the offense will come together.

“They’re not up to pace yet, and I don’t expect them to be right now,” Mularkey said. “I think these games coming up will be a big help for us.”

It’s a different story with the defense – a unit that features only one significant change, with veteran cornerback Troy Vincent acquired to replace the loss of Antoine Winfield – coming off a year in which it finished second in the NFL in fewest yards allowed.

Buffalo has allowed a combined 22 points this preseason, and only one touchdown. The Bills also have generated four turnovers and four sacks, encouraging signs from a defense that managed a league-low 18 turnovers and lacked a consistent pass rush last year.

Vincent has been impressed by the focused approach his new defensive teammates have displayed so far.

“I don’t know if this has been like this here in the past, but just seeing the tempo of practice and the guys being assertive, I can’t understand why a team doesn’t have much more success,” Vincent said. “I think we’ve made some great progress.”

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