Well, Day Two is Day One this week. Thursday was the first full practice for the Buffalo Bills who are facing the New York Jets on Sunday. Yesterday’s walkthrough practice let us know what injuries the Buffalo training staff is managing this week. Today gave us a better idea of who is a candidate for Sunday’s inactive list.
What Changed:
Right tackle Spencer Brown was downgraded to a non-participant as he deals with an ankle injury he suffered in Monday night’s game
against the Minnesota Vikings. Not ideal for a line that was already using bandaids to hold together the left side.
Sam Franklin popped up on today’s injury report with a shoulder injury. Obviously, something the Bills weren’t anticipating when they made yesterday’s estimated injury list. Whether it happened during practice today and he left early, or is lingering from Monday night, we will have to see.
Did not Practice:
- Spencer Brown
Limited Practice
- Alec Anderson
- Christian Benford
- Dion Dawkins
- Sam Franklin
- Dalton Kincaid
- Connor McGovern
Full Practice
- Greg Gaines
- Jordan Hancock (IR)
- Ar’Maj Reed-Adams
- T.J. Sanders
- Tyrell Shavers (PUP)
What it means:
My guess is that three of those four offensive linemen will be questionable when tomorrow’s injury designations come out. I can’t imagine the Bills will roll without Brown and Dawkins if they can at all help it, however. Kincaid will play. Benford could get the day off if Garrett Wilson stays sidelined (more on that below). Franklin depends on when his shoulder injury happened and how confident they are in Amani Hooker being ready to take the field in Buffalo Blue (or white as is the case for this week).
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As for the Jets, former Bill Harrison Phillips is struggling with an ankle injury he’s been dealing with for two weeks. Don’t let two days of non-practice fool you however, Phillips used the same schedule last week before being a full participant on day three and playing in Sunday’s loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.
Garrett Wilson is in his second week of concussion protocol. The wide receiver didn’t practice at all last week but has been able to get some limited work in the past two days. Should he get a full practice in tomorrow, I would expect him to be ready to go for Sunday.
