Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott announced on Friday that starting cornerback Rasul Douglas will miss the Week 15 game at the Detroit Lions due to his knee injury suffered in the loss to the LA Rams last week.
Coach McDermott has ruled Rasul Douglas out for Sunday’s game.#BUFvsDET injury report: https://t.co/0FQE7bMDcB pic.twitter.com/rGjruxTR3E
— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) December 13, 2024
This will be Douglas’ first game missed this season. He and Christian Benford have proven to be a reliable duo of outside corners since Douglas was brought over in a trade at last year’s deadline.
Without Douglas, the Bills could look to former first-round draft pick Kaiir Elam to take over the starting position. Ja’Marcus Ingram, a University at Buffalo product, is also in the mix for playing time.
Not only will Buffalo be down a starter at corner, but their safeties are banged up as well. Both starters Taylor Rapp (neck/shoulder) and Damar Hamlin (back/ribs) were limited in practice on Friday.
Rapp didn’t practice until Friday this week, and is officially questionable for the Detroit game.
The good news for the Bills is that he was able to play in last week’s game after dealing with similar circumstances leading up to that game.
As for Hamlin, he popped up on the injury report Thursday after practicing in full on Wednesday. Like Rapp, Hamlin is questionable for Week 15.
Find the full Friday injury report below:
Friday injury report pic.twitter.com/9rzZHtaHDp
— Buffalo Bills PR (@BuffaloBillsPR) December 13, 2024