Ahead of the Buffalo Bills' joint practice against the Cleveland Browns on August 20, injury reports and questionable statuses clouded the team's wide receiver situation. Sal Capaccio of WGR550 shared a list of "(w)ide receivers I either don't see at all or are here but NOT practicing: Khalil Shakir, Keon Coleman, Skyler Bell, Dante Pettis" — a large chunk of the wide receivers room.
Brady has indicated a lack of long-term concern for Coleman's availability even though he's dealing with a sprained toe/foot, (per ESPN's Cameron Wolfe). We don't yet know what's bothering Shakir, and Bell was seen doing sideline work with a team trainer on Thursday in Cleveland.
But if you stop and do some math, the injured list renders roughly 30% of the Bills' 13-man receivers group unavailable for the joint session, and their status for Saturday's Week 2 preseason game against the Cleveland Browns in question. NFL teams don't have to disclose injuries at this stage of the proceedings, but during head coach Joe Brady's press conference Tuesday afternoon we learned that Shakir was injured ahead of the joint practice in Cleveland.
Capaccio then shared a look at wide receivers participating for Buffalo, which encouragingly included DJ Moore and a handful of other mostly expected depth options. Once the joint practice began, the bulk of news and video highlights shared were plays to the Bills' group of tight ends.
President of football operations/general manager Brandon Beane can't sit idle hoping the injury bug exits stage left soon. He made a concerted effort to bring Moore in via trade, which so far has the looks of a potentially great move. However, Moore's effectiveness will be limited if the surrounding starting cast around him is unavailable.
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Brady has indicated a lack of long-term concern for Coleman's availability even though he's dealing with a sprained toe/foot, (per ESPN's Cameron Wolfe). We don't yet know what's bothering Shakir, and Bell was seen doing sideline work with a team trainer on Thursday in Cleveland.
But if you stop and do some math, the injured list renders roughly 30% of the Bills' 13-man receivers group unavailable for the joint session, and their status for Saturday's Week 2 preseason game against the Cleveland Browns in question. NFL teams don't have to disclose injuries at this stage of the proceedings, but during head coach Joe Brady's press conference Tuesday afternoon we learned that Shakir was injured ahead of the joint practice in Cleveland.
Capaccio then shared a look at wide receivers participating for Buffalo, which encouragingly included DJ Moore and a handful of other mostly expected depth options. Once the joint practice began, the bulk of news and video highlights shared were plays to the Bills' group of tight ends.
President of football operations/general manager Brandon Beane can't sit idle hoping the injury bug exits stage left soon. He made a concerted effort to bring Moore in via trade, which so far has the looks of a potentially great move. However, Moore's effectiveness will be limited if the surrounding starting cast around him is unavailable.
#bills #joint #receivers #don 't
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