We have officially entered the Week 10 weekend, and with that come game day designations. For the Buffalo Bills that meant one doubtful and two questionable. Yes, I know there are four players listed, but let’s be realistic – two are not on the 53-man roster and barring someone tripping and ending up with turf toe while walking through the airport tomorrow, there is no reason to assume that will change before Sunday morning.
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Bills will have four-fifths of their starting offensive line wearing a jersey on Sunday. Dion Dawkins and Alec Anderson both missed last week’s game in Minnesota. Today, they had a full practice and are listed as ready-to-go for game day. The same can be said of Connor McGovern who has been dealing with a neck injury this week.
Spencer Brown, however, is doubtful. Brown already missed Week 8 with a back injury after an early exit from Week 6’s game in Las Vegas. Now the Bills starting right tackle is dealing with an ankle injury sustained Monday night against the Vikings. I would expect that doubtful to be an out by game time.
The other active-roster questionmark is next to Sam Franklin’s name. Franklin popped up with a shoulder injury on Thursday. It could have been a game thing. It could have been a practice thing. Either way, he’s been limited for two days. With Amani Hooker playing – and Joe Brady said he would be – it’s likely that we will see Damar Hamlin playing special teams again. Which means Franklin could take the day off.
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The New York Jets have ruled out Trevin Wallace and then listed half the rest of their roster as questionable. Okay, that may be an exaggeration, but they do have eight players listed as questionable. Essentially, they don’t want to make a decision on any of their injury list just yet.
The big one to watch here is Garrett Wilson. It looks like he has made it almost through the league’s concussion protocol. If he wakes up tomorrow with no concussion symptoms, he should be good to go.
Keep your eyes on former Buffalo Bills Harrison Phillips as well. Phillips had an identical practice schedule this week as he did last. Two days of DNP, a full practice, a questionable designation. He played last week. He will probably play this week as well.
Remember, game day rosters are due an hour and a half before kickoff, so we won’t really know more until 11:30 EST on Sunday morning. But I would bet on Phillips and Wilson in for the Jets with Brown and Franklin out for the Bills.
