PRO REPORT / DAILY REPORT : BILLS : Kelly Will Start if Knee Is OK Today

Jim Kelly will start for the Buffalo Bills in Sunday’s AFC championship game against the Miami Dolphins, assuming his knee shows no ill effects from Wednesday’s practice.

“We’ll see how he comes in tomorrow,” Coach Marv Levy said. “If there aren’t any aftereffects of today’s practice and he’s OK, he’s our guy.”

Kelly sprained his right knee in Buffalo’s regular-season finale against Houston and has missed the Bills’ first two playoff games.

Wednesday was Kelly’s first practice since the injury, and the four-time Pro Bowl quarterback said his leg felt “pretty good.”

“As practice wore on, I started getting more comfortable with it,” Kelly said. “Hopefully, I won’t be re-injured between now and Sunday. As of today, I took the majority of snaps and my leg felt pretty good.”

Kelly’s backup, Frank Reich, led the Bills to a record-setting, comeback victory against Houston in the opening playoff game and to a victory over Pittsburgh last weekend.

“It’s a decision I knew going in,” Reich said. “When Jim got hurt, what I was thinking in my mind was, ‘Just keep this going until Jim can get back again.’ I’m extremely happy and proud of the fact that the team has been able to do that without him.”