The Buffalo Bills are getting healthier.
It's a good time for that, of course. It's the opening week of the playoffs, and a road trip to the Jacksonville Jaguars for a Wild Card Round clash awaits.
The game will kick off at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday, and the first piece of news is this: Josh Allen is good to go.
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The quarterback played just the first snap of Week 18 before resting, and he's been dealing with a right ankle issue.
Bills head coach Sean McDermott told reporters Allen would be a "full go" at practice on Wednesday, though, so all seems just fine there.
The other news came with Damar Hamlin.
The safety had his 21-day activation window begin. That's a procedure for players who were on Injured Reserve. Hamlin now has 21 days to be activated, or he can't return this season.
Hamlin has been out since Week 6. It's a pectoral injury.
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Even before his injury, Hamlin had seen his playing time decline. The emergence of Cole Bishop had pushed Hamlin into more of a situational role.
But since Hamlin went out, much of the Bills' secondary has been dinged up. It resulted in the re-emergence of Jordan Poyer.
It's not clear how much Hamlin would play if he can actually get back, but any addition of depth at this point in the year is a good thing.
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