The Buffalo Bills have been without three starting defensive backs each of the past two games, but the team's first Week 17 injury report suggests at least one piece will return to the lineup when the New England Patriots visits Highmark Stadium on December 29.
Although the Bills did not hold an official practice on Wednesday due to Christmas, they were still required to list injured players along with their estimated participation status. Buffalo labeled five players as limited participants, and starting boundary cornerback Rasul Douglas was not one of them.
Douglas, who banged up his knee in the Week 14 road loss to the Los Angeles Rams, holds full participant status for the first time in the last two weeks.