Christian Benford in a medical walking shoe

[HappyDays]

This is just unreal man.

[wjag]

This team.  Arg. 

[MPL]

What's the record for the most injuries sustained during practice for a team in one season? 

[HappyDays]

Hopefully this means it's a minor injury and the boot is just precautionary. 

[Johnnycage46]

Trying not to be overly pessimistic...but what the hell is going on with this team and mid/late-week injuries? It's ridiculous. 

[MPL]

1 minute ago, HappyDays said:

Hopefully this means it's a minor injury and the boot is just precautionary. 

Genuinely curious: does anyone know of any instances when a boot was actually just precautionary? 

[Johnnycage46]

1 minute ago, MPL said:

Genuinely curious: does anyone know of any instances when a boot was actually just precautionary? 

 

I don't recall who it was this season, but someone on the Bills was in a boot during the week and played (or at least I think that happened lol). Maybe helps with swelling and keeping pressure off of it.

[ScotSHO]

It's probably a turf toe thing - precautionary/recovery during the week and pain management while you play thru it.  The boot keeps you from flexing the joint and gives it time to calm the inflammation down.

Edited December 11, 2025 by ScotSHO

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

TURF TOE!!!  
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Maybe he just wore it to get the disabled parking spot close to the field house? 🤔

[dave mcbride]

I heard today on Joe Marino's podcast today that the Bills are tied for the lead league with the Giants in call-ups from the practice squad this year.

[Doc Brown]

6 minutes ago, Johnnycage46 said:

Trying not to be overly pessimistic...but what the hell is going on with this team and mid/late-week injuries? It's ridiculous. 

I've been saying for years.  Stop practicing.

[davefan66]

Didn’t Ronnie Lott cut his toe off so he could play??  🧐

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

1 minute ago, dave mcbride said:

I heard today on Joe Marino's podcast today that the Bills are tied for the lead league with the Giants in call-ups from the practice squad this year.

A lot of the call ups on the Giants were from Daboll abusing personnel.  Hurt feelings. 😢

[ScotSHO]

Again just guessing, but if it's turf toe the pain can be unbearable.  Every step/flexed pushoff of the foot is agony.  The answer is to get shots in the joint, but then your foot goes numb - and the athlete falls down all game.

 

 

[Steptide]

Don't worry guys, they're just trying to throw the Patriots off 😉

[dave mcbride]

17 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

This is just unreal man.

Good thing we claimed Darius Slay!

[gonzo1105]

While not encouraging, being in a walking boot is not a guarantee of a serious or even weekly injury. 

[Playoffs?]

This is insane. And my opinion of the Pats game changes if we don’t have Benford on the field.  Hopefully it’s nothing that will impact him much on Sunday.
 

This is just too many injuries in the season. So frustrating. 

[Blank Stare]

What the absolute ***** are they doing in practice this year? 

[bills742]