The Buffalo Bills need a win and this week could get easier for them as they will have several playmakers back on the field after the bye week saw players get healthy. The Bills were dealing with plenty of big names sitting on the sidelines which caused frustrations to run very high. However, heading into Week 9 the Bills are expecting to have almost a full roster when they play the Miami Dolphins.
With the Miami Dolphins playing like one of the hottest teams in the league right now, the Bills need a win against them. Tyrod Taylor is expected to be back under center in Week 9 which will help the Bills open up the roster more. The quarterback had been dealing with a knee injury that left EJ Manuel starting for the team. However, according to head coach Rex Ryan via the team website, Taylor is 100 percent and ready to go.
"Yeah I'm 100 percent, fully confident in going out there and playing on my knee," Taylor said, via the team website. "I didn't have anything that limited me today in practice and it felt good."
Leading receiver Sammy Watkins is also expected to be back on the field as he was dealing with an ankle sprain. According to the Buffalo News, Watkins is back at practice and expected to play against the Dolphins. The wide receiver has a lot to live up to after he called out critics and fans on Instagram, calling them "losers." Watkins has barely been on the field this year which makes it the wrong time to be calling people out. The wide receiver has since apologized and admitted that he just wants to play and win.
Just frustrated," Watkins said, via the Buffalo News. "Angry to not be on the field. Just to see my team lose, it hurts me and that's just something I gotta get over with, and I gotta get healthy and get back on the field. As far as the fans and stuff like that, they know I wanna be here. I wanna win games with this team, with this organization, and for the city of Buffalo. So no hard feelings towards anybody, my teammates, the fans - I love the fans. They come out every Sunday and we give them something to look for and I make sure it's on when we lose and when we win."
One player still not available is Percy Harvin who is dealing with a setback in his hip injury. The wide receiver has been facing a lot of rumors regarding whether or not he planned on retiring, something everyone denied. Ryan told the media that Harvin wants nothing more than to be playing with the team right now, but the hip injury appears to be more serious than originally expected.
"[Retirement's] the least of our concern with him. I know he wants to play. He desperately wants to contribute to this team. It wasn't that," Ryan said, via Syracuse.com. "I think if there was frustration, it was like I never knew how to handle it. I wasn't comfortable discussing different things. I think it's better the player discuss it than myself, but a lot of times there's a lot of frustrations dealing with injuries and dealing with different things."
