So is Landon Jackson done for the year?

[SydneyBillsFan]

6 hours ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

I hear McDermott has AJ Klein strapped to a buffet table fattening him up. Once he hits 275, he will be brought back. 

 

"Sure thing coach McD, I'm on my way..."

 

 

 

[HOUSE]

He will be back but it might be mid season 2026

[gobills404]

Don’t think it would make a difference if he does return, but if his PCL doesn’t require surgery that would be huge for his long term outlook.

[GunnerBill]

7 hours ago, No_Matter_What said:

First Carter should be Walker and you ommited AJE but yeah this really sucks.

 

We had a chance to have best DL in years. Oh well. The room for injuries is absolutely none now.

 

We need to be lucky with Bosa come playoff time. Hopefully Sanders gets back at some point.

 

 

 

Thanks. Yep. Make both those corrections.

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

19 hours ago, The Jokeman said:

Toohill wasn't signed was he?

I’d look at Threehill instead … more upside 🤪

[buffaloboyinATL]

22 hours ago, Sojourner said:

2 snaps on Sunday..

 

a separate ligament for each one…

Hated it!
 

[colin]

well, i'm generally a homer and try to look on the bright side (until the game thread, then i doom and gloom) but this level of talent missing from the DL which is completely and totally the center piece of our D might just be too much for us to overcome.  the offense is blowing goats at the moment, but we fail every playoffs because of defensive breakdowns generally helped along with injuries.

 

i read oliver might be back for the playoffs, or late playoffs, but it's not certain he'll be effective even if he is back.

 

assuming taron and benford can come back to full health, we at least have a workable secondary w harriston, bishop, poy/hancock, benford and Taron, but our LB play has been bad without shaq, and it all comes down to our DL, which is now a total mash unit.

[Success]

3 minutes ago, colin said:

well, i'm generally a homer and try to look on the bright side (until the game thread, then i doom and gloom) but this level of talent missing from the DL which is completely and totally the center piece of our D might just be too much for us to overcome.  the offense is blowing goats at the moment, but we fail every playoffs because of defensive breakdowns generally helped along with injuries.

 

i read oliver might be back for the playoffs, or late playoffs, but it's not certain he'll be effective even if he is back.

 

assuming taron and benford can come back to full health, we at least have a workable secondary w harriston, bishop, poy/hancock, benford and Taron, but our LB play has been bad without shaq, and it all comes down to our DL, which is now a total mash unit.

 

I tend to lean homer too - but I don't think things are as bad as they look. Jackson wasn't really supposed to be a big contributor this year, and was more filling in for Epenesa, who will be back. We should get Sanders & Shaq back soon.  Oliver & Hoecht have been big losses, but if we get Oliver back in the playoffs, we'll still be in decent shape.  

 

Not much margin for error, though.  We can't sustain many more long-term injuries.

 

 

[colin]

3 minutes ago, Success said:

 

I tend to lean homer too - but I don't think things are as bad as they look. Jackson wasn't really supposed to be a big contributor this year, and was more filling in for Epenesa, who will be back. We should get Sanders & Shaq back soon.  Oliver & Hoecht have been big losses, but if we get Oliver back in the playoffs, we'll still be in decent shape.  

 

Not much margin for error, though.  We can't sustain many more long-term injuries.

 

 

 

ya, i just made a post in another thread about how we are favored by 5.5 vs the bucs and that's actually fair, we are just a wildly inconsistent team.

 

im sort of reading into the narrative of how the d lets us down every season in the playoffs and we are in our post season form when it comes to injuries already.

 

sanders shaq aj benford and (hope hope) ed back for the playoffs is a much much better d than what we have out there.

[ngbills]

Well the Bills are undefeated in games Jackson does not play. We need to run the table to get the division so here is to hoping Jackson does not dress again this year. 

Edited 1 hour ago by ngbills

[4th&long]

Yes. 

[BVBILLS]

2 snaps? Man what the hell?

 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

21 hours ago, billsfan714 said:

But he was a team captain in college.

I am starting to think the Bills would draft a guy in a wheelchair if his personal record showed he was an Eagle Scout growing up. 

[vincec]

18 hours ago, WideNine said:

 

My theory on many of the defensive injuries used to be the aging roster.

 

I also thought that we were too light overall with the Beane and McDermott preference for lighter quicker DL players and LBs.

 

We did not match up as well with bigger more physical teams and guys were trying to do too much - it seemed to fit with the kind of DL and LB injuries. Torn biceps and such seem to support guys not physically able to shed blocks or trying to arm tackle guys getting past them. 

 

But some are just freak injuries. I mean Hoecht was injured and I think he was just taking a step with no contact.

 

Still, even with having to throw together a defensive roster with rubber bands and bailing wire, I think the D did enough early in the Miami game to give the offense a chance to get back into the game.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think you nailed it. Aging roster + smaller players = higher injury risk. It’s obviously not 100% guaranteed but it’s a major factor, IMO.