The Bills will have to get through Thursday night without one of the players who helps set the tone up front.
Defensive tackle Ed Oliver injured his hip during pregame warmups and will miss Buffalo’s game against the Lions at Ford Field. Oliver was on the field Tuesday in practice, but the hip issue popped up before kickoff and now keeps him out of a game the Bills were already preparing to play without several key defensive pieces.
Running back Ty Johnson, listed as questionable, is also inactive for Buffalo. Defensive tackle T.J.
Sanders will miss his second straight game, and defensive tackle Deone Walker is out because of an illness. Walker was dealing with an illness during the week, in addition to having an out against the Texans.
That leaves the Bills’ remaining active defensive tackles as healthy. The group includes rookies Brandon Reed-Adams, second-year offensive tackle?
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Let's rewrite correctly.
The Bills’ remaining active defensive tackles are healthy. The group includes three rookies - wide receiver?
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The source says: “The Bills' remaining inactives are healthy. They include three rookies - wide receiver K.J.
Hamler? no.”
Actually source is garbled OCR, but clear names: “wide receiver San Ar’-Maj Reed-Adams. Second-year offensive tackle?
Jude Bowry is also inactive for the second straight game. Sanders, who was listed as questionable, was dealing with an illness during the week, in addition to having an out against the Texans.”
This is corrupted and unusable. We should only use clear facts from source.
Need avoid invention. So final article should not include unclear names.
Let's provide only solid facts: Oliver out, Johnson questionable inactive, Sanders out second straight, Walker out with illness and previous out vs Texans, remaining active defensive tackles healthy.
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