The Buffalo Bills have seen the return of cornerback Tre’Davious White from injured reserve in recent weeks.
Now Ike Boettger is set to follow.
Buffalo head coach Sean McDermott announced on Monday that Boettger was designated to return from injured reserve.
In Week 16 last season, Boettger suffered an Achilles injury. It ended his year and he had surgery to repair it.
In early November, Boettger was first spotted at Bills practice doing workouts on the side. However, those were just individual workouts.
The new designation opens a 21-day window for Boettger to practice with his teammates as he preps for a return to the lineup. If the team does not bring him back to their 53-man roster at that time, Boettger reverts back to injured reserve for the remainder of the season.
The Bills do not have to wait the 21 days, though. Buffalo can activate Boettger at any time.
For most of the 2022 season, the Bills have had Rodger Saffold and Ryan Bates starting at guard. At this time it would appear that Boettger likely returns initially in a depth role, but a valuable and experienced option at that.
This spring, Saffold signed in Buffalo as a free agent. The Bills also re-signed both Bates and Boettger to contracts.
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