Bills Defense Beat Up As Showdown With Chiefs Looms

Bills Defense Beat Up As Showdown With Chiefs Looms

10 months ago

The Buffalo Bills suffered more injuries to starters in their 31-17 wild-card playoff win over the visiting Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday, as top tackler and turnover generator Terrel Bernard (ankle), nickelback Taron Johnson (head) and surging cornerback Christian Benford (knee) were all injured. Five of the Bills' defensive starters from the Week 18 regular season finale against Miami are injured and in jeopardy of being unavailable for the Divisional Round showdown against the Kansas City Chiefs. X-rays on Bernard's injured right ankle came back negative, but he was on crutches after the game and with his foot in a walking boot. Bernard recorded a team-high 143 tackles, 6.5 sacks, three picks and three fumble recoveries during the regular season, so not having him against KC would be a huge loss for Buffalo's defense. A.J. Klein, who was just signed to the scout team last week, led the Bills with 11 tackles on Monday.

Source: The Athletic - Tim Graham