Tag: Ryan Bates

Bills’ Ryan Bates, Emmanuel Sanders considered day-to-day

Few injury updates for the #Bills:

The Buffalo Bills head into their regular season finale against the New York Jets in Week 18 in a pretty healthy manner.

Buffalo head coach Sean McDermott said on Monday that two of the team’s only injured players were considered day-to-day.

Late in the Bills’ 29-15 win vs. the Atlanta Falcons, offensive lineman Ryan Bates went down. He had a knee injury, per McDermott, but was given that positive bill of health.

Bates ended up starting at left guard for the Bills. Buffalo’s offense ran the ball well against Atlanta and quarterback Josh Allen was not sacked in the game.

Bates started over Jon Feliciano. He returned from the COVID list but only played in a handful of snaps like Feliciano had previously done as well when he came back from a calf injury.

Not playing against the Falcons (7-9) was wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders. But the Bills (10-6) could get him back soon his knee injury was also called the same by McDermott, day-to-day.

Sanders returned from the knee injury last week in the Bills’ win over the New England Patriots but he was inactive against the Falcons.

In other wide receiver news, Stefon Diggs is “fine,” McDermott said. That was to be expected as Diggs looked a bit banged up after taking a hit to the head vs. the Falcons but he was cleared to return and was spotted back out on the field.

Check back at Bills Wire later this week for the team’s daily injury report updates ahead of facing the Jets (4-12).

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Every Penn State player on an NFL playoff roster in 2022

Here is every former Penn State player on an NFL playoff team’s roster in 2022

The NFL playoffs are just about set and Penn State will once again be well-represented across the league with hopes of seeing another Nittany Lion or two lay claim to a Super Bowl ring at the end of the season. And in case you forgot, a Penn State player has played in every Super Bowl (except for five since 1967)…

As the NFL playoff picture comes into view, here is a look at what Penn State players are gearing up for the postseason with Super Bowl 56 on the horizon.

The only confirmed playoff teams without a Penn State player on the roster are the Kansas City Chiefs, Cincinnati Bengals, and New England Patriots. There are still a couple of spots in the AFC and NFC playoff picture to lock down, so this will be updated once the final playoff teams are confirmed.

Sean McDermott says two position battles to continue after training camp

Per Sean McDermott, these two position battles are ongoing at #Bills practice. Details:

Training camp and the preseason is a thing of the past, but according to Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott, a few training camp position battles are not.

The Bills trimmed their roster to 53 players this week and have pieced together their first practice squad. Despite that, the coach said on Thursday that the No. 2 cornerback and the starting offensive line has yet to be written in pen just yet.

“They continue to battle,” McDermott said via video conference on the cornerback battle. “Currently you’ll see Levi (Wallace) out there and you’ll see Dane (Jackson) at times.”

The starting spot across from Tre’Davious White is pretty cut-and-dry. It’ll either be Wallace or Jackson. However, a split is also possible.

In 2020, Wallace and Josh Norman rotated there for the Bills. Once opening day comes around against the Pittsburgh Steelers, we’ll likely get our answer.

In terms of the offensive line, it’s not so simple. First and foremost, it’s a five player unit. But we do at least have a few players that we can comfortably consider starters.

Those would include both tackles, Dion Dawkins and Daryl Williams, and center Mitch Morse

The guard spots have been the ones up for grabs and McDermott added that competition there is not over.

“Continuity is important in all areas, but again, I think it speaks to the trust that we have and the depth that we have that there’s still competition in that position, along the front,” McDermott said. “The competition I think continues there as well and those guys know that.”

Vying for playing time at guard are Jon Feliciano, Cody Ford, Ike Boettger, and perhaps Ryan Bates could be an outsider looking in.

In reading between the lines, McDermott might have shown his hand a bit.

The coach, starting from left to right, went down each spot on the O-line discussing players. He started at left tackle and mentioned Dawkins missing time, and then at left guard, McDermott also referenced Feliciano spending time on the sideline due to injury during training camp.

McDermott then fell short of continuing, so was that him naming Feliciano the starter?

That’s just speculation, but many presumed that Feliciano was more locked into a starting spot anyway. He could slightly be on a hot seat, of sorts, but the starting job that has been speculated to be up for grabs the most is the other guard spot.

Like at cornerback, we likely won’t know that answer until quarterback Josh Allen breaks the huddle for first time vs. the Steelers on Sept. 12.

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Buffalo Bills roster analysis: Offensive tackles

Buffalo Bills roster analysis and look ahead to 2021 for the offensive tackle position.

The Buffalo Bills had an excellent 2020 season as a team, but position-by-position is a different story. Some were better than others and as the offseason is now in full swing, Bills Wire will give a quick analysis of the team’s current roster by reflecting on the season that was and looking ahead to 2021.

Next up, here is our breakdown on the team’s offensive tackle unit: