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Rex Ryan's banged-up Bills can spoil Jets' playoff hopes

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Rex Ryan and the Buffalo Bills won't be making the playoffs this season.

But they can still affect the AFC postseason picture.

The coach's new team has a chance to spoil the playoff hopes of his old team in Sunday's season finale.

But the banged-up Bills (7-8) continue to lose players and have gone in the opposite direction of the New York Jets (10-5) since the previous time the two teams met.

Kick coverage specialist and reserve wide receiver Marcus Easley became the latest player placed on injured reserve. Easley dislocated his left kneecap and sustained a compound fracture while covering a punt during Sunday's 16-6 victory over the Dallas Cowboys.