The Buffalo Bills’ concern about Sammy Watkins was well founded.
The Bills placed their star wide receiver on injured reserve on Friday, ruling him out for at least eight weeks.
The #Bills have placed WR Sammy Watkins on Injured Reserve, putting him on the shelf for at least 8 weeks. They claimed Justin Hunter.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 30, 2016
There is no surgery scheduled for #Bills WR Sammy Watkins, though he will visit Dr. Robert Anderson to be sure. Finally just rest & rehab
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 30, 2016
It was earlier on Friday that coach Rex Ryan admitted “major concern” about Watkins’s foot. He had surgery in the offseason, and it sounds like the pain simply became consistently unmanageable for him.
