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Dec 1, 2024; Orchard Park, New York, USA; San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey (23) tries to avoid Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin (3) on a run in the first quarter at Highmark Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark Konezny-Imagn Images

49ers star RB Christian McCaffrey leaves game with knee injury

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San Francisco 49ers star running back Christian McCaffrey departed Sunday night’s snow game against the Buffalo Bills early in the second quarter due to a knee injury.

The 49ers originally listed McCaffrey as questionable to return shortly after he left the playing surface for further examination. However, San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan later told NBC that the 28-year-old was done for the game.

“He’s not going to return,” Shanahan said in an interview at the start of the third quarter.

McCaffrey had 53 yards on seven carries and caught two passes for 14 yards before exiting.

McCaffrey was playing in just his fourth game of the season after missing the first eight due to Achilles tendinitis in both legs.

He was averaging just under 10 yards per carry prior to the play on which he was hurt. McCaffrey caught a toss from quarterback Brock Purdy with under 11 1/2 minutes to go in the first half and quickly dropped to the ground for a 5-yard loss and then headed to the sideline.

McCaffrey was the NFL Offensive Player of the Year last season, when he led the league with 2,023 yards from scrimmage: a league-leading 1,459 rushing yards and 14 touchdowns plus 67 catches for 564 yards and seven scores.

McCaffrey hasn’t scored a touchdown in his four appearances this season. He has rushed for 202 yards on 50 carries and caught 15 passes for 146 yards.

Buffalo led 21-3 at halftime.

–Field Level Media

Injured Bills Cole Bishop and Mike Edwards hit the conditioning bikes as they watch practice from the sidelines.

Report: Bills releasing S Mike Edwards, per request

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The Buffalo Bills granted veteran safety Mike Edwards’ request for a release, barring a trade before Tuesday’s deadline, NFL Network reported.

Edwards, 28, has been a healthy scratch most of the season for the Bills (7-2), appearing in three games and playing only 20 total snaps on defense and special teams.

Buffalo signed the two-time Super Bowl champion to a one-year, $2.8 million deal in March, per Spotrac.

A third-round pick by Tampa Bay in 2019, Edwards has recorded 236 tackles, eight interceptions and four defensive touchdowns in 78 games (28 starts) with the Buccaneers (2019-22), Kansas City Chiefs (2023) and Bills. He won Super Bowl LV with Tampa Bay and Super Bowl LVIII with Kansas City.

–Field Level Media

Nov 3, 2024; Orchard Park, New York, USA; Miami Dolphins safety Jordan Poyer (21) separates Buffalo Bills wide receiver Keon Coleman (0) from the ball to break up a pass during the second half at Highmark Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images

Report: Bills WR Keon Coleman (wrist) undergoing tests

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Buffalo Bills wide receiver Keon Coleman is undergoing tests on his wrist Monday, The Athletic reported.

The 21-year-old rookie sustained the injury late in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s 30-27 win over Miami.

Replays showed Dolphins safety Jordan Poyer’s helmet smashing into Coleman’s right wrist or forearm on a deep pass attempt from Josh Allen.

Poyer was flagged for unnecessary roughness on the play and Coleman left the game. Buffalo’s drive ended with a game-winning 61-yard field goal by Tyler Bass.

Coleman had just one catch for 21 yards on Sunday. He ranks second on the Bills (7-2) with 417 yards on 22 catches and shares the team lead with three touchdown receptions.

Buffalo drafted Coleman in the second round (33rd overall) out of Florida State in 2024.

–Field Level Media

Oct 14, 2024; East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA; Buffalo Bills kicker Tyler Bass (2) celebrates a field goal with teammates during the second half against the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Lucas Boland-Imagn Images

Bills bring in competition for struggling K Tyler Bass

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The Buffalo Bills brought in some competition for struggling kicker Tyler Bass on Thursday, signing Lucas Havrisik to the practice squad.

Bass kicked the decisive 22-yard field goal with 3:43 left in Monday’s 23-20 win against the New York Jets, but he also missed an extra point in the second quarter and a 47-yard field-goal attempt in the third quarter.

The botched PAT appeared to be tipped by the Jets’ Quinnen Willliams, but that didn’t stop play-by-play announcer Joe Buck from roasting Bass on prime-time television.

“No chance. That was just weird. … I’ve seen better kicks than that on ‘College GameDay.’ What the heck was that?” Buck said.

“He knows he needs to make those kicks,” head coach Sean McDermott added after the game. “Bottom line, he knows he needs to make those kicks.”

Bass, 27, has converted nine of 12 field goals and 18 of 20 extra points this season for the Bills (4-2).

Since joining Buffalo as a sixth-round draft pick in 2020, his success rate is 84.1 percent on field goals (116 of 138) and 97.0 percent on PATs (223 of 230).

“T-Bass would be the first to tell you it hasn’t gone the way he would like it,” general manager Brandon Beane said, per the (Rochester, N.Y.) Democrat & Chronicle. “And, quite frankly, the way we like it. But the great thing about Tyler is we’ve had conversations with him. He’s very aware, he knows we’re working out people, and he understands it’s a production business.”

In last season’s 27-24 home loss against the Kansas City Chiefs in a divisional playoff game, Bass missed a potential game-tying 44-yard field goal with 1:43 remaining.

Bass signed a four-year, $20.4 million contract in April 2023 and carries a $4.4 million cap hit this season.

“We have to make decisions, what’s best for the team,” Beane said. “And we want nothing more than Tyler to be our guy. We signed him, he felt he had really earned the deal that we paid him an offseason ago. But it is a production business, and he knows he’s got to make those kicks. I think Sean said that no one’s hiding from it. And so, at the same time, he hasn’t done as well as he or we had hoped. So, we’ve got to continue to look and monitor. And if there’s a better option that we have to turn to, then we’ll do that.”

Havrisik and Harrison Mevis had tryouts with Buffalo on Wednesday.

Havrisik, 25, made his NFL debut last season and played in nine games for the Los Angeles Rams. He made 15 of 20 field-goal attempts with a long of 52 yards and also missed three of his 22 extra-point tries.

–Field Level Media

Sep 12, 2024; Miami Gardens, Florida, USA; Buffalo Bills linebacker Terrel Bernard (43) reaches for Miami Dolphins running back Jeff Wilson Jr. (23) during the first half at Hard Rock Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-Imagn Images

Reports: Bills LB Terrel Bernard has pec strain, avoids tear

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Buffalo Bills linebacker Terrel Bernard has a left pectoral strain and not a tear, multiple outlets reported Friday.

An MRI on Friday revealed that Bernard avoided the more serious injury in Thursday night’s victory at Miami.

Although his injury is not season-ending, Bernard could reportedly miss a month and may be headed to injured reserve.

Bernard, 25, was Buffalo’s leading tackler with 143 stops, including 6.5 sacks, in 17 starts last season.

Bernard departed late in the first quarter of Thursday’s 31-10 victory against the AFC East rival Dolphins and was replaced by 2022 seventh-round pick Baylon Spector.

Bernard had 11 tackles in the season-opening win against the Arizona Cardinals and added two stops against Miami. He has 178 tackles, three interceptions and three fumble recoveries in 35 regular-season games (20 starts) since Buffalo drafted him in the third round in 2022 out of Baylor.

–Field Level Media