The Bills have made some roster moves on Friday which were expected.
The team announced that running back Damien Harris was placed on injured reserve. Harris sustained a head/neck injury against the Giants last weekend during a 14-9 win.
Taking his place on the roster is Ty Johnson. The Bills (4-2) have signed Johnson ahead of facing the Patriots (1-5) on Sunday.
The transactions were expected because of another move that nearly happened but did not.
Reports earlier this week indicated that the Bills were going to bring Leonard Fournette in for a free-agent visit. The same update said that he was going to sign with the team in some capacity, likely their 53-man roster.
The Bills intended to do that because they were expecting Johnson to leave the practice squad and sign with another team. Any NFL team can sign players off another club’s practice squad each week, however, their original team has an option to sign that player to the active roster in order to keep them. That’s what the Bills did with Johnson after the Harris injury.
Fournette remains a free agent and it’s unclear if the Bills could have interest in him in the future. For now, Johnson fills out the team’s depth at running back.
On Harris, it’s unclear how long he will remain on the injured reserve list. Throughout this past week, he did not practice at all after being taken off the field last week with an ambulance. He was released from the hospital by Monday but is evidently still dealing with the injury.
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