Bills at Texans: How injuries will impact the Week 5 matchup

We’ve talked about injuries ad nauseum this week, but as the Buffalo Bills get set to take on the Houston Texans for what is essentially a battle for the two seed in the current AFC Playoff Picture it makes sense to dig into how all these injuries and illnesses are going to impact the production, play calling, and possibly the outcome of the game.

Buffalo only has one injury on offense that could possibly impact the game — that of wide receiver Khalil Shakir. We already know that Buffalo’s new WR1 won’t be playing, and we also know that he’s not supposed to be WR 1 because Joe Brady says that “everybody eats” in his offense.

But the facts show that Shakir leads all Bills receivers by a slight…