Losing a meaningful contributor is tough in football. Every play you run on offense or defense is predicated on the idea that each person is capable of fulfilling their responsibility on that given play, and when new bodies are thrown into the mix, your confidence level in those plays isn’t the same.
But even more than just the replacement for that one player, an injury can set off a chain reaction that impacts other, seemingly unrelated players on the roster. Such is the case for two Buffalo Bills players in tight end Dawson Knox and cornerback Dane Jackson.