The Bills get some INCREDIBLE news...

Believe it or not, every single player on the Bills injury report practiced in some capacity on Wednesday. That's 11 names on that report, and not a single one of them was a DNP. A Wednesday report usually tells you who is going to be in trouble on Sunday, but this one is mostly positive and telling you who is going to be coming back. That's just two days after that physical Monday night win in Minnesota. It's a short week with a division game against the Jets on the road this upcoming Sunday. And the Bills are a 7-1 team. They are sitting atop of the AFC, but there are plenty of teams that are directly behind them and looking to overtake them in this conference. So every single player and their health matters in this tight... AFC race and Buffalo has been playing through some bumps and bruises to be sure throughout this mid-stretch of the season. So getting the Bills healthy is a huge, huge win. But the best part about this entire report might just be two players that practiced in full today and they both have Pretty significant injury designations. One coming off of IR, the other coming off of the PUP list. Jordan Hancock, he is working his way off of the injury reserve while Tyrell Shavers is coming back from a torn ACL, and both of them did indeed practice in full. Tyrell Shavers, in particular, tore his ACL back in January against the Jaguars in the playoffs, and he's been on the PUP list the entire season so far. So the question is very simple. Is Buffalo getting healthier at the exact right time, or is this too good to be true? We are going to break it all down. First, we've got to talk about the name that every Bills fan was looking for on this report because he was the corner that got hurt on Monday night. Christian Benford hurt his wrist in that Monday night matchup against the Vikings in the first half and had to be carted off of the field. And the Bills listed him as questionable to return to the game. And this immediately concerned Bills fans because the last thing you want to see is one of your best defensive players in that secondary, the top cornerback on this team, go down. But we got some good news after halftime because Christian Benford was cleared to return to the game and was indeed out there at the start of the second half. Unfortunately, he left again in the third quarter and would not return to the game. When Benford was out there, he was playing at an absolutely fantastic level. With Benford in coverage, Justin Jefferson caught just two of his four targets for just 39 yards. Buffalo held Minnesota to six points in that 23-6 win, and that's just 16 points allowed by this defense across the last two games. So Benford showing up on that Wednesday injury report as a limited participant is very good news and bodes well for his chances of playing on Sunday against the Jets. And one thing to keep in mind with this entire injury report is that Wednesday was a walkthrough for the team. So every one of these practice levels is pretty much a team's estimate. But a DNP on Wednesday that usually tells you that the team is not. expecting the player to play on Sunday, but a limited is a very good sign for these players chances of playing against the Jets. And with six limited and five full participants, this report basically has zero warning signs in it at all. And Joe Brady, he told reporters that it was a physical game on Monday night, and they still have to see where the players are at. So he knows that he's got to be careful with this short week. But the overall signs are positive. Let's get back to Christian Benford because his 31 tackles are fourth on the team and he's the only cornerback in the top four for the Bills. So believe it or not, that is just 11 short of the 42 tackles he made in the entire 2025 regular season. And there's still nine games left to play this year. He also had two interceptions last season. And like I said, on Monday night against the Vikings, he was phenomenal in coverage against Justin Jefferson. So losing Christian Benford for any stretch of time would be the one injury that could really change this Bills defense going forward. But I want to hear from you guys in the comments, which name on this injury report worries you the most? Is it Christian Benford or is it one of these other guys like Deion Dawkins or another guy on the offensive line? And that's because I think that is the bigger worry on this report myself. Yeah, that's right. There were four Bills offensive linemen that were limited on Wednesday. Spencer Brown, Alec Anderson, and Connor McGovern. That's your starting left tackle, your left guard, your center, and your right tackle all on the same report. And yeah, that is pretty scary for the Bills. Let's start with Deion Dawkins. He hurt his ribs late in the first quarter against the Ravens on November 1st, but he did stay in and finish the game, and Buffalo still put up 36 on the Ravens that day. Then he missed both Thursday and Friday before the Minnesota game, before missing the game entirely. So seeing him back out there in limited capacity this week is encouraging. Spencer Brown, his back cost him the entire Ravens game, but now he is practicing with a hurt ankle instead. Alec Anderson, just like Deion Dawkins, missed the first two practices of last week, ended up missing the Minnesota game, but so seeing him out there for the first practice of this week is also encouraging. And Connor McGovern might be the most surprising one. He popped up with a neck injury, and we don't really know anything about it, but at least he was out there on the field as well. Plus, they've got rookie guard Amaj Reid-Adams, the seventh-round pick. He was a full participant with a back and an elbow injury, but he is out there practicing, so they do have a backup on the line. If those four, for some reason, all of them cannot go on Sunday against the Jets. But let's stick with the positives here because last Friday, the Bills injury report had 21 names on it. This Wednesday, it only has 11 and none of them sat out. And specifically about this offensive line, they matter a ton because the entire offense runs through them. James Cook has 814 rushing yards this season and Josh Allen is next on the team with 285. So when the offensive line is healthy, it is a huge boost for Buffalo because they can choose. How they want to play the offense and how to beat the defense. If they want to throw it through the air, they can. Or if they want to keep it on the ground, they can. It opens the entire thing up. On the other side of it, Allen has been sacked 17 times in Buffalo's eight games. A little over two per game. And the Jets are going to put this Bills line to the test because they have an elite pass rusher in David Bailey. He has seven and a half sacks this season. So the fact that all of these starting linemen were at least limited on Wednesday gives you some hope that they will be out there on Sunday because they will certainly be needed. But let's look at the defense because they got some good news as well. Greg Gaines was still out of practice last week at the end of the week with a calf injury. And on Wednesday, he was a full participant. TJ Sanders was also a full participant with a shoulder injury. So that defensive front is looking very healthy. And last but not least, there's two names on this list tagged with IR and PUP that might just be the best news of the week. Tyrell Shavers tore his ACL in January's wildcard win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Bills opened his practice window on October 28th, and on Wednesday, he was a full participant. So that's about 10 months from the injury to a full practice. And under league rules, that window runs 21 days. So the Bills have until about November 18th to put him on the 53-man roster. And the timing could not be any better because Josh Palmer just went on the IR on November 9th and will miss at least four games. Shavers caught 15 passes for 245 yards in 2025, which averages to more than 16 yards per catch. So with Josh Palmer out, Tyrell Shavers could be the guy that takes his place as the guy that catches the Josh Allen deep ball and changes the momentum of an entire game. Now let's look at Jordan Hancock, who went on the injured reserve with a hamstring injury and the Bills opened his practice window on November 5th. Now, six days later, he's a full participant at practice. He made 22 tackles for the Bills last season, so he knows this Bill's defense. That puts another defensive back next to Amani Hooker, the new Bills safety that they just traded for on Tuesday. And we can't forget about Deion Dawkins in this story as well because Brandon Bean said they restructured his contract to make that Hooker deal happen. Now, Brady wouldn't say whether or not Hooker plays on Sunday, only that they'll take it day by day while he learns the defense, but Hooker said himself that he certainly wants to be out there. And if all three of them are cleared, you're looking at Benford, Hancock, and Hooker all on the field, which is a huge boost for this Bills secondary. Just one month ago, neither Hancock nor Shavers was even practicing, and now they are both full participants on the very same day, which is a very encouraging sign for the Bills. And one more limited name worth watching is Dalton Kincaid, who was listed with an ankle injury. Last week, he was listed with a chest injury. He got to full participation by Friday. Kincaid leads the Bills with 429 receiving yards, so they cannot afford to lose him due to injury. He also has 30 catches, just one behind Khalil Shakir. for the team lead, which brings us to who's waiting for the Bills on Sunday. The Bills lead the 5-4 New England Patriots by two and a half games in the division, so a win on Sunday keeps the Patriots at least two and a half games back. The Jets are 2-7, and they've lost four in a row. Three of those four losses were by a single score, to New England, Miami, and Las Vegas. Then Kansas City beat them 35-12 last Sunday. Garrett Wilson, their top receiver, was limited on their own practice report A concussion. So the Jets could be missing their top passing target while the Bills just keep getting healthier. Their offense leans on Braylon Allen as of late, who has 598 rushing yards, and Buffalo's front is the healthiest it has been in weeks. Buffalo's only loss this season was a 29-26 loss to the Patriots on October 4th. They haven't lost a game since. That's four straight wins, and a win against the Jets on Sunday would make it five in a row. The longest Bills regular season winning streak since 1999 is seven games, and they've done it twice, in 2022 and 2024. The last time these two played was back in January, week 18. Buffalo won that one 35-8 with the backups in for the majority of the game. The odds have Buffalo as a road favorite of between seven and a half and eight and a half points. So the Bills should win this game pretty easily. They are healthy. They are seven and one against a Jets team that has not looked good for weeks now. But you know what? These division games, they always tend to be closer than you expect. And getting healthy right now matters a ton because after the Jets, it's the one in seven Dolphins at home. Not too worried about that one. But then it's that big matchup against the Kansas City Chiefs in Buffalo on Thanksgiving night. And I can guarantee you that's the game this whole entire roster is going to want to be healthy for because that could have massive implications in the entire AFC. So look, this is the best injury report that the Bills have had. In a few weeks now, and that's because there's zero DNPs. I don't care that there's limited zero DNPs at all. You will 100% take it. And plus, 21 names were on this report last Friday. That has been slashed in half to just 11 today. Now, there is some doubt with that offensive line. Four starters listed as limited. We will just have to wait to Thursday to see how bad it truly is. In the meantime, I'm going to be keeping an eye on Tyrell Shaver, see if he is added to the 53-man roster, as well as Jordan Hancock and Amani Hooker getting cleared to play. Now, for the meantime, we will just have to keep an eye on this Thursday injury report because that will be the first real practice of the week, and that should tell us how these players are actually feeling. So let me know in the comments what you guys think. Who is going to make a bigger impact when they return? Jordan Hancock. And make sure to keep it right here on Bills Digest because we will have a ton more content coming your way leading up to this Jets game and throughout the rest of the season. As always, thanks for watching. And of course, Go Bills!