Kicker Matt Prater was also not practicing. His injury was not apparent in-game, but on Monday, like Phillips, McDermott announced that Prater would be sidelined for Week 16 with a quad injury. Despite the two big injuries, there was plenty of good news on Buffalo’s first injury report of the week.

The Buffalo Bills took a chance on an aging five-time Pro Bowler in free agency, and it's paying off for both parties in 2025

The Bills trailed last Sunday 21-0 to the Patriots before storming back for a 35-31 win. No team has more comebacks from a double-digit deficit this season than Buffalo who has done so three times. Sean McDermott’s crew is now within one game of first place New England.

ESPN insider's Bills prediction will make Buffalo fans very happy originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. This could be the year. That's a common refrain for Bills Mafia, and thus far, it hasn't come to fruition for the Buffalo Bills.

Mecole Hardman was added by the Bills through free agency in early November but he was quickly placed on IR due to a calf injury.

Buffalo, which is the No. 6 seed in the AFC playoff picture, is nearly a lock to make the postseason and have a clear path to pluck the AFC East title. The Bills trail the Patriots by one game with three games to play.

In the sunset season for the concrete cathedral so often overflowed with as many as 80,000 passionate patrons, WIVB News 4 Buffalo is taking a daily look back over 400 games played in the Orchard Park stadium’s 52 years.

Buffalo can clinch a playoff berth as early as this weekend—if a few things go their way. There are four ways the Bills could lock up a postseason spot in Week 16.