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 17 hours 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.

1 hour ago, BVBILLS said:

2 snaps? Man what the hell?

 

That’s two more than Kevin Kolb or Shawn Merriman ever got.

[Buffalo716]

43 minutes ago, vincec said:

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.

That’s two more than Kevin Kolb or Shawn Merriman ever got.

Landon Jackson isn't small tho and neither is hoecht or DaQuan or bosa

[TFBillsfan]

On 11/10/2025 at 5:11 PM, Comebackkid said:

Landon Jackson had a history of knee and ankle injuries in college, including a left ACL tear as a freshman at LSU that required surgery and cut his season short. While at Arkansas, he battled a preseason ankle injury in 2022 but did not miss significant time, and there were no publicly reported injuries in 2023. He also sustained a significant neck injury in November 2024 that required hospitalization but did not result in a publicly reported long-term absence from the team.

 

pretty sure it was joe buscaglia that just said multiple.   

 

sounds like this could be his right knee this time where both before were is left knee.  not sure thats good or bad

Dang, how does our scout team know all of that pre draft and then pound the table to take him in the 3rd. These are huge reaches/misses by Beane that has significantly contributed to the roster deficiencies. It’s why we have major issues at WR and S.

[Comebackkid]

2 minutes ago, TFBillsfan said:

Dang, how does our scout team know all of that pre draft and then pound the table to take him in the 3rd. These are huge reaches/misses by Beane that has significantly contributed to the roster deficiencies. It’s why we have major issues at WR and S.

sometimes its like they think they can just get away with stuff...like past history doesnt apply to them...blind hope or ignorance im not sure which.

Edited 10 hours ago by Comebackkid

[Richard Noggin]

On 11/10/2025 at 11:18 PM, 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.

 

While we've all at least entertained the too old/too small accusations, I think it might be more nuanced, and more connected to philosophy and game-planning. As McDermott has had longer to fully install his vision for how to win consistently in the NFL, it seems the offense has become more and more devoted to staying on schedule, remaining two-dimensional on 3rd downs, and controlling possession. Looks to me like my favorite coaches choose instead to SCORE POINTS on offense above all else.

 

The potential issue with McD's deliberate, paced approach, is that it will likely keep "inferior" opponents within reach on the scoreboard for longer, resulting in more opportunities for the opposing offenses to "remain two-dimensional" and play their own brand of physical, but unpredictable, football. This means more snaps when the Bills defense is getting dictated to, and run at, and hit. If you're intentionally reducing possessions, then you're also intentionally reducing points, right? The Bills looked a lot better against the Dolphins once they got desperate/urgent. Why wouldn't you start the game with that kind of aggression, try to score a million points, and continue to mix in more and more run and ball control as the game script allows? Let the defense play with a dang LEAD once in a awhile. Lessen their burden. Keep them FRESH.

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

6 hours ago, TFBillsfan said:

Dang, how does our scout team know all of that pre draft and then pound the table to take him in the 3rd...

 

6 hours ago, Comebackkid said:

sometimes its like they think they can just get away with stuff...like past history doesnt apply to them...blind hope or ignorance im not sure which.

They know that the Bills have an employee healthcare plan that is second to none in the league. 😁

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I think the premiums are going up next year...way up. 🙁

[dorquemada]

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