Injuries continue mounting for the Bills with Samuel Valdes-Scantling Hamlin Trubisky hur

Injuries continue mounting for the Bills with Samuel Valdes-Scantling Hamlin Trubisky hur

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) The Buffalo Bills face the prospect of limping into the regular season with a mounting number of injured players, who now include receivers Curtis Samuel and Marquez Valdes-Scantling, safety Damar Hamlin and backup quarterback Mitchell Trubisky.Coach Sean McDermott on Monday listed all four as being week to week. McDermott declined to specify which players in saying there is concern some are in jeopardy of mi sing the season opener against Arizona on Sept. 8.Samuel is out with a turf toe injury and Hamlin out with a hamstring injury both sustained last week. Valdes-Scantling (neck) and Trubisky (knee) were hurt in a on Saturday.The injuries affect key players for the four-time defending AFC East champions, who were already breaking in Pat McFadden Jersey a number of new starters at numerous positions following an offseason salary cap-forced overhaul. Buffalo opened training camp with 43 newcomers and just 11 players left from 2020.ADVERTISEMENT And the injuries come on the heels of starting linebacker of the season after he tore his left bicep in practice last week.McDermott expre sed such concern over the rash of injuries that he has already decided to sit all of his projected starters for Buffalos preseason finale against Carolina on Saturday, while also cutting back on practice time this week.Its a challenge, but well find our way through it, McDermott said. Right now, weve got to be solution-oriented.Samuel and Valdes-Scantling were veteran offseason free agent additions brought in to be part of in the wake of the Bills trading their top threat Stefon Diggs to Houston and losing No. 2 receiver Gabe Davis in free agency. That group also included Chase Claypool, who was released upon reaching an injury settlement last week, and after mi sing a majority of training camp with a toe injury.Trubiskys injury leads to Buffalo being in the market for a quarterback for a second straight week though this time its to be Josh Allens primary backup. Last week, to take over the third-string role after Shane Buechele hurt his neck in a preseason-opening lo s to Chicago.Hamlin was competing for a starting job at a position already depleted by injury with veteran free agent addition Mike Edwards (hamstring) and rookie second-round pick Cole Bishop (shoulder) both mi sing a majority of training camp. McDermott said Edwards and Bishop are both expected to be eased into practice this week.Also scheduled to resume practicing is veteran linebacker Nicholas Morrow, who has mi sed extensive time with an ankle injury.___AP NFL: Tatum Bethune Jersey

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