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He downgraded to a limited session on Friday after going full on Thursday. Buffalo used Cam Lewis as their slot replacement against the Dolphins in Week 10, but Lewis (calf) is also questionable. Tampa should be able to get some explosives by isolating their best on Buffalo’s slot corners. Johnson hasn’t played since Week 8.

Cornerbacks Taron Johnson (groin) and Christian Benford (groin) will also be questionable after being limited in back-to-back practices to close out the week. Jones was also limited on Thursday and Friday after being a DNP on Wednesday, and appears to have a chance to play after missing last week’s game. With DE A.J. Epenesa (concussion) and LB Shaq Thompson (hamstring) already ruled out for Sunday’s game, the Bills will hopefully get some good news on Jones and Johnson when inactives are announced before kickoff.

This is unfortunate. Last week, Bills slot CB Taron Johnson was sidelined by a groin injury of his own. Benford nursed a groin injury earlier this season, but has not missed any games. Bills EDGE Joey Bosa is playing through a wrist issue and is visibly bothered by it in-game. He should be on the field in Week 10, unless he is downgraded tomorrow, though. The Bills face the Dolphins this weekend. Bills DT DaQuan Jones (calf) also resumed practicing today.

The restructured contract converted $1.75 million of base salary into a signing bonus, generating as much in cap savings as the trade deadline looms. Johnson remains sidelined and without a return timeline but the move could allow the Bills to make a splash before Tuesday’s trade deadline.

Johnson popped up on Friday’s injury report with his injury and was eventually scratched from Sunday’s game against the Chiefs. McDermott said after the game that Johnson had “no chance to play in the game” before later adding that the team is “taking it one week at a time.” Johnson is one of the league’s top slot corners and has played 269 defensive snaps in the six games he has appeared in this season, per PFF.

More bad news for a Bills defense that just lost defensive tackle Ed Oliver for the season. Johnson picked up a groin injury in practice this week, which means the Bills will be without one of the league’s best slot cornerbacks and also without Shaq Thompson, who has been perhaps their best linebacker this season. It’s an overall upgrade to the Chiefs’ passing game over the middle of the field.

The thing you really don’t want when you’re playing against this version of the Chiefs is a late-breaking cornerback injury. Johnson appears to have hurt himself in practice and he seems to be at the very least truly questionable here, perhaps on the pessimistic side of it. Cam Lewis would see more nickel snaps if Johnson can’t go.

We already knew Oliver was missing this week with an ankle injury but there had been hope that Johnson (quad) would suit up. Those are two big losses for this Bills defense heading into a showdown with a Jets offense that seemed live in week one. The good news is that Tre’Davious White (groin) will make his season debut across from Christian Bedford.

The Bills’ talented slot cornerback suffered a quad injury in Week 1. He logged just two limited sessions in practice this week. The Bills have also listed CB Tre’Davious White (groin), backup S Jordan Hancock and LB Shaq Thompson (hamstring/hand) as questionable for Week 2. Star DT Ed Oliver is expected to miss multiple weeks after injuring his ankle in practice this week. The Jets’ capable skill position players are primed for a solid outing in Week 2.

The slot player is taking part in OTAs — not necessarily at full contact — and expects to be full go in training camp. Johnson left the AFC Championship game with the injury and his absence was a big part of the problem for the Bills against Kansas City. It sounds like he’ll be ready to go for the start of training camp based on this update.