The Buffalo Bills are in familiar territory this summer, having to navigate another swell of injuries before the regular season\u2019s even begun. The issue has plagued Buffalo\u2019s offense this year, most notably to the wide receivers room. That doesn\u2019t bode well for a team intent on taking the next level with current NFL MVP quarterback Josh Allen.<\/p>\n
Injuries or not, it\u2019s Super Bowl or bust in 2025. But right now, the Bills\u2019 passing game is a bit busted up, with already established injuries to top target Khalil Shakir (high ankle sprain), the dynamic Curtis Samuel (hamstring), and Tyrell Shavers (ankle). Players getting banged up early in the process is nothing new, as the ramp-up window from offseason to full-go is very seldom a tip-toe moment. Try as teams might with minicamps and offseason workouts, it\u2019s impossible to replicate the intensity found once training camp begins.<\/p>\n
Yet it\u2019s still not ideal for Allen to miss prep time with Shakir and Samuel, and even worse when there are more injuries at receiver. Jay Skurski of The Buffalo News reported on August 13 that in addition to Shakir, Samuel and Shavers, wide receiver Elijah Moore didn\u2019t practice, while Joshua Palmer did but with \u201chis left leg heavily wrapped.\u201d<\/p>\n
We understand that Shakir is listed as \u201cweek-to-week\u201d with his ankle injury, that Shavers is possibly in a similar boat with his ankle, and that they may be using caution with Samuel\u2019s hamstring, but it remains to be seen how extensive and what, exactly the injury is for Moore. Though concerning to see Palmer limited, at least he was able to practice on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The good news is that wide receiver Keon Coleman continues to shine, and he\u2019s seeing an increase in opportunity with so many of his peers sidelined. We\u2019ve yet to hear who among the starters will play against the Chicago Bears and for how long, but first the team has to get through joint practice sessions in the Windy City.<\/p>\n
Stay locked in to Buffalo Rumblings for key updates ahead of the Bills\u2019 Week 2 preseason game against the Bears.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Buffalo Bills are in familiar territory this summer, having to navigate another swell of injuries before the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2048],"tags":[215,214,53,26331,2090,18564,2086,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-285658","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-buffalo-bills","8":"tag-bills","9":"tag-buffalo","10":"tag-buffalo-bills","11":"tag-buffalo-bills-injuries","12":"tag-buffalo-bills-news","13":"tag-buffalo-bills-preseason","14":"tag-buffalobills","15":"tag-football","16":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115023348011829706","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}