Week 1 held a lot of fun-filled drama, emotion, an improbable comeback, and some new accolades for the reigning NFL MVP. But now it\u2019s time to put that all in the rearview mirror and move on to Week 2 as the Buffalo Bills travel to New Jersey to take on the New York Jets in their first divisional test of the 2025 season.<\/p>\n
That of course means it\u2019s time for a first look at the week\u2019s injury report and how it could potentially affect Sunday afternoon\u2019s active roster. The short answer, according to head coach Sean McDermott, is \u201cwe\u2019ll see.\u201d But, of course, there\u2019s much more to it to diagnose over the next few days.<\/p>\n
Cornerback Christian Benford, wide receiver Keon Coleman, and cornerback Tre\u2019Davious White are still dealing with groin injuries that had them limited \u2014 or worse \u2014 in last week\u2019s practices. The injuries didn\u2019t keep Benford and Coleman from contributing in big ways during Week 1\u2019s win over the Baltimore Ravens, while White was among Buffalo\u2019s inactives. It\u2019s good to see that all three were able to practice on Wednesday, and it will be interesting to see how conservative the Bills go with White\u2019s recovery considering rookie cornerback Dorian Strong\u2019s outing this past week.<\/p>\n
The other names on today\u2019s injury list weren\u2019t there last week, but it stands to reason after a very physical game that came on top of a preseason where Buffalo\u2019s starters saw very little on field action, there will be some tweaks and strains.<\/p>\n
Nickel cornerback Taron Johnson is now suffering from a quad injury that is just serious enough to have kept him out of the first practice completely of Week 2. Linebacker Shaq Thompson was also sidelined on Wednesday while receiving treatment for a pair of injuries: one to his hamstring and one to his hand.
Return specialist Brandon Codrington looked to be shaken up on a return mid-game, was listed as questionable with a knee injury, and was back on the field before too much concern could be mustered. It\u2019s not surprising to see him limited in practice, but it\u2019s also not serious enough for the Bills to keep him sidelined for long.<\/p>\n
Running back James Cook visited the medical tent briefly during the early portion of Sunday night\u2019s game. Now we know it was a hamstring that must have been bothering him, but not enough to warrant an official announcement from the team or slow down the running back who put together 102 all-purpose yards and a touchdown in the season opener. Cook was inactive for much of the summer due to contract negotiations, so it could be as simple as needing to adjust to the increased workload. It could also be something more. As McDermott said, \u2018We\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n
Defensive end Greg Rousseau picked up a knee injury at some point, but it wasn\u2019t observed on live film. Likewise, tight end Dawson Knox now has a hip injury that\u2019s new news, although I did notice his gate postgame was a little awkward, with more of a swing than a step at time \u2014 but not enough to keep him from celebrating the big win.<\/p>\n
Thursday\u2019s report will tell us much more. Will they stay limited? Will anyone be downgraded to out? Who will move toward being unavailable for Sunday? \u201cWe\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Week 1 held a lot of fun-filled drama, emotion, an improbable comeback, and some new accolades for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359119,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2048],"tags":[215,214,53,26331,2090,2086,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-359118","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-buffalobills","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115184956393657682","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359118","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=359118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}