Bills' roster moves are good injury news for Matt Prater, but bad for Ty Johnson for playoffs

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Bills' roster moves are good injury news for Matt Prater, but bad for Ty Johnson for playoffs image

The Buffalo Bills headed into the weekend with injury concerns for their Wild Card matchup with the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.

On Saturday, their roster moves indicated good things for Matt Prater but bad news for Ty Johnson.

The Bills didn't elevate Matthew Wright from the practice squad.

They had signed Wright earlier in the week after Prater left Week 18 after re-aggravating his quad injury.

Wright is the only other kicker Buffalo has. Given that they didn't call him up, they're confident in Prater to be good to go.

At running back, though, the Bills did elevate Frank Gore Jr.

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Gore Jr. Has yet to make his NFL regular season debut. He's the son of the 49ers' great RB.

Johnson is questionable, and he's Buffalo's regular third-down back. 

On game days, usually Johnson is active with James Cook and Ray Davis.

If Johnson is out, they'll want to have three RBs active, and Gore Jr. Would be the third.

The inactive report will come out about 11:30 a.m. ET on Sunday. That's when we'll know for sure about the status of these players.

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