Cole Beasley will miss Buffalo’s game Sunday against New England. It will likely determine which team wins the AFC East and secures the home playoff game that comes with it.
The Bills receiver is on the NFL’s reserve/COVID-19 list.
Since Beasley is unvaccinated, he’s unavailable for 10 days and thus will miss the clash in Foxborough between the 9-5 Patriots and the 8-6 Bills, who began the season eyeing the Super Bowl but instead could miss the postseason altogether.
And as the year winds down and the playoffs approach, just as the Omicron variant causes cases to spike, Beasley serves as a reminder of the risk — in football terms — of counting on players who, due to being unvaccinated, risk running into harsher protocols from the league.