The two biggest goals of training camp are to see what your players can do and to stay healthy. The second part is proving to be the hardest to achieve.

Football is a brutal sport. There are 22 people on the field at the same time, and 11 of them are out to attack the other 11. It’s hard to stay healthy when that is the environment day in and day out for a couple of months of the year.

Clean, But Physical

Today (Monday), on day 5 of training camp, the Bills put on the pads for the first time, and Coach McDermott set the stage before they hit the field. It’s not uncommon to see fights break out at training camp. These are young men who are competing for a job and a very large paycheck. But today, coach explained that he doesn’t want to see dirty football being played on his team.

“I want to see nasty, physical football, but I don’t want to see disrespect for a man’s career and dirty football. So that nastiness has to be developed here, but it can’t be at the expense of someone’s career. So clean, but physical.” – Sean McDermott

The Injury List Just Keeps Getting Longer

Today, there were 11 players sidelined for the Buffalo Bills as they headed out to practice. They included:

RT Spencer Brown (back)OL Sedrick Van Pran-Granger (calf)WR Tyrell Shavers (ankle – not serious)WR Curtis Samuel (hamstring)LB Terrel Bernard (hamstring)LB Dorian Williams (lower leg)WR Elijah Moore (soreness)WR Kaden Prather (hamstring)TE Dalton Kincaid (knee)TE Dawson Knox (hamstring)Is it anything to be worried about?

It’s never good to hear that a player is missing time on the field. However, if there’s good news about these injuries, its that many of them seem to be precautionary measures. Players will play in the regular season with things like general soreness. While the preseason snaps are important, there’s no need to aggravate an injury unnecessarily.

The most concerning part of that list is how many of them are from hamstring injuries. But again, that could be a precautionary measure.

6 Of The Most Devastating Buffalo Bills Injuries Since 2000

Gallery Credit: Brett Alan

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