As expected, Bills running back C.J. Spiller has been placed on injured reserve after surgery to repair a broken collarbone. As not expected, he has been given the one-per-team-per-year designation for return.
With Week Eight approach, it means Spiller can return to game action in Week 16. Which means he’d be available, in theory, for games at Oakland and New England, along with any playoff games.
It’s unclear whether Spiller will be healed by Week 16. A source with direct knowledge of the situation told PFT on Sunday that Spiller was done for the year.
Then again, with a shrinking window for using the designation for return, the Bills needed to use it on someone, or they quite possibly would have used it on no one.
To replace Spiller on the roster, the Bills have signed running back Phillip Tanner.
