Buffalo Bills linebacker Matt Milano (biceps/hamstring) remained limited during Thursday's practice session. Fantasy managers should continue to monitor his status during Friday's final session, but seeing him remain a limited participant is a positive sign.
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The hamstring issue comes at a horrible time for the Bills and Milano, who has played excellent football in the past two playoff games. He made several important plays against the Ravens, including a pass breakup on Lamar Jackson’s two-point conversion attempt in the third quarter of Buffalo’s 27-25 victory.
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Buffalo Bills' head coach Sean McDermott provided injury updates on CB, LB and safety on Wednesday in Orchard Park.
Bills' Taylor Rapp missed his second consecutive practice on Thursday, calling his availability for Sunday's AFC Championship into question.
Bills head coach Sean McDermott said Wednesday that Milano (hamstring) was a limited participant at practice, Maddy Glab of the Bills' official site reports. Milano played a season-high 88 percent of defensive snaps during last Sunday's divisional-round win over the Ravens,
Von Miller was a menace against his former team. Buffalo had limited Miller’s snaps all season long, but he saw an uptick in snaps on Wild Card Weekend. Miller created five pressures on just 16 pass-rush snaps (20 total) in the win earning him an 81.2 pass rush grade. Buffalo needs this from Miller throughout the entirety of the playoffs.
Defensive tackle DaRon Payne (knee/finger) also didn't practice along with linebacker Bobby Wagner (ankle). Tight end Zach Ertz (ribs) had a rest day, along with pass rusher Dante Fowler Jr. (non injury related).
The Buffalo Bills defense is healthy and it showed on ... Von Miller turned back the clock against his former team and Matt Milano played his best game since returning to the unit from injury.
Part of the reason for the regression was that their schedule had them playing in the weaker AFC East and some other easier teams like the Titans, Jaguars, and Colts. Another reason was their coverage unit which has taken a step back towards the back half of the year partly due to injury.
Read the recent NFL news and rumors for fantasy football. Buffalo Bills linebacker Matt Milano (biceps, hamstring) was a limited participant