Injury oddities
A few really odd moves made by the Bills surrounded the injury list. Maybe all truthful, maybe ways to get around the system in some cases? We’ll never know, but regardless, they happened, and here’s what they are:
- Fullback Patrick DiMarco was played on the injured reserve list with a neck injury. He’s missed a ton of time in training camp. Without him, it appears that Reggie Gilliam, an undrafted rookie from Toledo is Buffalo’s fullback. Gilliam did have a weird thing during camp where McDermott tried to mention he’s a tight end, but without DiMarco, when a fullback situation calls, it’s got to be Gilliam in there, right? The Bills could have also put DiMarco on the IR much earlier in camp but maybe the team truly wanted to see how his injury would progress.
- Tommy Sweeney is… yes, he’s still on the physically unable to preform list. At one point, the team itself actually announced Sweeney was coming off of it and going on the active roster. Due to a foot injury, he missed the entire training camp. But a few hours later, the Bills announced he was then being moved to the PUP list… again? Some weird movement happening there.
- Speaking of injury designations, rookie wide receiver Isaiah Hodgins heads to the injured reserve list along with offensive lineman Jon Feliciano. The lineman was expected, Hodgins comes out of left field, though. During camp Hodgins wore a red non-contact injury due to a shoulder issue for a few days, but that’s it. Some speculate that putting Hodgins there was just an effort to keep him off waivers, while allowing the team to bring back Roberts and safety Dean Marlowe after they cleared the wire. Whatever the case may be, this is what happened, so that’s that. Hodgins and Feliciano can come off the IR after three games this season.