The Bills announced their Week 2 players the team has placed on the protected portion of their practice squad via the NFL’s transaction wire on Tuesday.
Those four players are:
- OL Jordan Devey
- CB Dane Jackson
- LB Andre Swift
- DT Justin Zimmer
Week 1’s list included:
- OL Evan Boehm
- DT Justin Zimmer
- CB Dane Jackson
- CB Cam Lewis
Prior to Week 1, the Bills had some injury questions at cornerback, which is why both Lewis and Jackson appeared on that week’s list.
While Josh Norman is still going to spend at least the next two games on the injured reserve list, adding Andre Swift into the equation makes sense, also in regard to injury concerns. Both Tremaine Edmunds and Matt Milano left Buffalo’s season-opening win against the Jets due to shoulder and hamstring injuries, respectively.
Zimmer remaining on the protected area comes as little surprise as he actually saw playing time when he was called up to Buffalo’s active roster last weekend. Against the Jets, he did apply some pressure on quarterback Sam Darnold en route to four tackles, including 1.5 for loss.
Here’s our previous explanation on the “protected” practice squad situation, a new addition to the NFL this season, from last week:
Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in the United States, the NFL’s owners and players came to an offseason agreement that we’ve seen the first installment of on Tuesday evening. Each team in the league can “protect” four players on their practice squad each week.
The idea is to provide some extra depth for teams in case of a COVID-19 outbreak in a locker room late in the week prior to a Sunday or Monday game. Those four can be called up to the active roster up until Sunday morning prior to kickoff every week.
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