‘“It’s football, you know what I’m saying?” Hamlin said. “I did the hard (expletive) last year to free my mind and be able to know that the field is one of the safest places to be for my situation that happened. We’ve got so many professionals that practice routine situations of that happening. As a result of me being able to come back, my mind is free. My mind is clear. I’m just out there just trying to play football.”’
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Curtis Samuel thus far has played a minimal role for Bills
‘Samuel, who signed a three-year contract with the Bills in the offseason worth up to $24 million, was on the field for just 12 offensive snaps during Thursday night’s 31-10 victory over the Miami Dolphins at Hard Rock Stadium. That was 27% of the offensive total.’
Bills linebacker Terrel Bernard expected to be out ‘multiple weeks,’ McDermott says
‘“We’ve still got some internal conversations that we have to have yet to determine if it’s gonna end up on IR or not,” McDermott said.’
Record performance on offense, surprise star on defense: How Bills crushed the Dolphins
‘Yeah, a lot of good things happened as the Bills steamrolled their arch AFC East rival, and Cook played a central role as he rushed for 78 yards and two touchdowns and caught one pass for 17 yards and a TD. It was the kind of game that offensive coordinator Joe Brady had to love because he wants to take some of the burden off Josh Allen’s shoulders this season, and to do so, Cook has to play the way he did in this game.’
Bills lose last year’s leading tackler for ‘multiple weeks’ after injury vs Dolphins
‘Instead, McDermott acknowledged it would be “multiple weeks” which is much better than multiple months, or perhaps season ending.’
McDermott-Babich Bills ‘D’ emerges in rout of Dolphins
‘How many times has the Buffalo Bills defense shaken off a seemingly debilitating injury? Sure, there is a limit to how many subtractions one unit can take. But we didn’t see it Thursday night. Instead, we saw a defensive masterpiece.’
Terrel Bernard injury update: How long will Bills LB be out?
‘Bernard left Thursday night’s matchup against the Miami Dolphins in the first quarter with a pectoral injury and didn’t return to the game. Brandt reported that it’s a pectoral strain and could keep the Bills captain sideline for about a month.’
Coach McDermott provides injury updates regarding CB T. Johnson, LB Bernard
‘Johnson, who was an injured reserve candidate this week, did not go on IR, and there is some hope that the 28-year-old can return before the four-week period.’
Terrel Bernard appears to avoid season-ending injury, Baylon Spector steps in as Bills middle linebacker
‘But it doesn’t appear Bernard will be out for an extended period of time. Bills coach Sean McDermott said Bernard would miss time and the team was debating about placing him on injured reserve — which would keep him out a minimum of four weeks — but there is hope Bernard could return in about a month, which was reported by ESPN and NFL Network.’
Bills efficiently come together in beating Dolphins despite a short week and injury to Bernard
‘“It’s not going to be eye-popping numbers on the stat sheet,” Allen said, with exception of the lopsided score. “But when you can put up those type of numbers on the scoreboard, that’s all you really care about.”’
Buffalo Bills starting middle linebacker Terrel Bernard out indefinitely with pectoral injury
‘McDermott said the team is still having internal discussions on whether to place Bernard on IR, and making him eligible to return after missing a minimum four games. Bernard didn’t return after being hurt while making a tackle in the first quarter a 31-10 win over the Miami Dolphins on Thursday night.’
Bills-Dolphins Thursday night game was third most-watched in Amazon Prime Video history
‘Thursday night’s game between the Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins averaged 14.96 million viewers, making it Amazon Prime Video’s third most-watched game since taking over the prime-time package in 2022.’
Tua Foundation sees increase in donations, many from Buffalo
‘The foundation said a large portion of the donations came from the Buffalo area, based on the addresses of the donors.’
Sources: Terrel Bernard out with pec strain, return expected
‘”Unfortunately, [Bernard’s] gonna be out multiple weeks,” McDermott said. “We’re talking about whether or not it’s an IR-conducive type of situation or not. … We still got some internal conversations that we have to have yet to determine if it’s gonna end up in IR or not.”‘
Bills LB Terrel Bernard avoids season-ending pectoral injury, could miss a month, per report
‘He departed the game late in the first quarter with a pectoral muscle injury and did not return the game. ESPN reported on Friday that Bernard strained his pec on Thursday and that it could lead to him missing about month of time, putting him in the range of being put on injured reserve.’