As the Buffalo Bills prepare for their Thursday Night Football matchup with the division rival New England Patriots, they start the practice week again without a large number of players because, once again, illness has invaded the locker room.
Head coach Sean McDermott met with members of the media on Sunday before the Bills took to the practice field ahead of the Week 13 primetime game. McDermott rattled off a long list of players who won’t be practicing due to illness:
- CB Siran Neal
- S Jordan Poyer
- CB Dane Jackson
- LB Tyler Matakevich
- RB Nyheim Hines
- S Jaquan Johnson
- WR Khalil Shakir
- TE Quintin Morris
The good news for Buffalo is that two weeks ago, when the Bills had a number of players affected by illness before they had to make their way through six-plus feet of snow in order to get to Detroit, the illness made its way out and none of the affected players had to miss any actual game time.