Teams should not have to release injury reports until next week, however the Bills can have a second issue at cornerback to open their season. Maxwell Hairston is on IR, being considered one of the 41 players to receive a return designation Tuesday, however the Bills’ preferred option behind the rookie — Tre’Davious White — now appears uncertain for Week 1. White suffered what the Bills are calling a lower leg injury in the course of the final training camp practice, The Athletic’s Joe Buscaglia notes, and didn’t travel to the team’s preseason finale in Tampa. White didn’t practice on the Bills workout open to the media Wednesday.
White actually has a history of injury trouble, happening with an ACL tear in 2021 and an Achilles tear in 2023. Those maladies altered White’s first Bills stint, as he became a cap casualty in March 2024. Re-signing on a one-year, $3MM deal, White has a major opportunity to be Buffalo’s boundary CB opposite Christian Benford — the team’s 2023 season-opening setup. This is just not a season-ending injury, per GM Brandon Beane, and White not landing on IR points to a September return. If White is unable to go, the Bills have Ja’Marcus Ingram, sixth-round rookie Dorian Strong and practice squad stash Dane Jackson. If the Bills place White on IR now, he wouldn’t count against their eight-activation total like Hairston and Tylan Grable do.
Here is the most recent from the AFC East:
- An issue mark late in White’s first stint (and usually in Bills-Chiefs playoff matchups), cornerback is considered one of Buffalo’s few roster issues entering the season. The Bills are confident of their offense, but ESPN.com’s Dan Graziano notes a trade or two to bolster the defense ought to be monitored ahead of the November deadline. Buffalo allowed 5.5 yards per play last season (twenty second), and Graziano mentions safety as a possible position to observe regarding a trade. The Bills have Cole Bishop set to enhance Taylor Rapp, with Damar Hamlin back as a backup. Jordan Poyer also re-signed as practice squad insurance, reminding of Micah Hyde‘s 2024 NFL finale.
- The Dolphins will begin the season shorthanded within the backfield. While De’Von Achane is anticipated to be ready after missing late-summer work, Mike McDaniel said Jaylen Wright is not going to. Wright underwent minor leg surgery but is anticipated to miss multiple games, with McDaniel (via NFL’com’s Cameron Wolfe) replying “September-ish” as a return window for the second-year RB. Sixth-round rookie Ollie Gordon could be positioned as Achane’s backup, though the Dolphins did reunite with Jeff Wilson on a practice squad deal.
- We’re lower than 10 days from the season opener, and the Jets haven’t determined a starting center yet. Aaron Glenn confirmed (via the Recent York Post’s Ryan Dunleavy) the competition is ongoing. Considering the team employs a brand new starting quarterback (Justin Fields) and a brand new OC, it’s interesting no winner within the Joe Tippmann–Josh Myers battle has been determined. A recent John Simpson injury kicked Tippmann to protect, but an expected return from the LG will move considered one of the middle competitors to the bench. That will leave Tippman set for a demotion or Myers’ low-cost contract (one 12 months, $2MM) set to relegate the ex-Packer to backup status for the primary time.
- The Patriots were the one team to submit a waiver claim for Tommy DeVito, in line with the Boston Sports Journal’s Mike Giardi. The ex-Giant joins Drake Maye and Josh Dobbs on Recent England’s QB depth chart. The Pats, nonetheless, made an unsuccessful claim for Jaylon Jones, ESPN.com’s Field Yates tweets. One in every of two Jaylon Joneses currently working as an NFL CB, the recent Cardinals cut — a fourth-year UDFA out of Ole Miss — returned to the Bears via waivers.
- Nick Folk, the Jets‘ kicker from 2010-16, agreed to return recently. The 40-year-old specialist agreed to a one-year, $2.9MM contract that features $1.4MM guaranteed, per ESPN.com’s Wealthy Cimini. With Folk a vested veteran, the remainder of the $2.9MM will lock in next week.