New Bills' Wr Doing 'whatever It Takes' To Help Team Beat Broncos In Divisional Round

With three season-ending injuries hitting nan Buffalo Bills’ wide receiver room successful nan matter of a week, nan squad has been near scrambling for replacement options.

Tyrell Shavers and Gabe Davis each sustained torn ACLs during nan Bills’ Wild Card win complete nan Jacksonville Jaguars, which forced Buffalo to move to nan free-agent excavation and invited backmost a acquainted look to its roster.

Ahead of nan team’s Divisional Round matchup pinch nan Denver Broncos, nan Bills signed WR Kristian Wilkerson to their believe squad, bringing him backmost aft a erstwhile stint earlier this year. And he is much than fresh to lend if he is called upon connected Saturday.

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Wilkerson caught up pinch News 10 NBC’s Ian Mills connected Wednesday, expressing his eagerness to get connected nan section against nan Broncos.

“I was excited to travel backmost to Buffalo, man,” said Wilkerson, who besides spent clip connected nan Tennessee Titans’ believe squad this season. “Playoff football, truthful very excited, really.”

Wilkerson hasn’t appeared successful a regular-season crippled this season, and if he does play for nan Bills connected Saturday, it would apt travel successful a special-teams role. However, he did make a fewer plays offensively that stood retired during Buffalo’s preseason schedule, erstwhile he recorded a mixed 7 receptions for 91 yards successful 3 games. He is simply a imaginable downfield threat if he is asked to return violative snaps against nan Broncos.

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“Just being fresh if my number is called,” said Wilkerson of his existent focus. "Knowing nan plays, knowing nan playbook, being fresh to make a play erstwhile it’s clip and being fresh to work nan team. Doing immoderate it takes.”

It wouldn’t beryllium perfect if nan Bills had to telephone connected nan 6-foot-1, 214-pound walk catcher successful specified a important spot. But if he is needed successful a pinch, his experience wrong nan system and wide desire to make an effect should springiness him a chance to lend if called upon.

"Just really nan specifications of everything,” he added regarding his authorities of mind. “Being locked successful connected mini plays that thief you triumph aliases suffer games. Just being locked successful connected details, being each go, fresh to make a play.”

Practice-squad elevations will beryllium announced connected Friday by 4 p.m. It will beryllium revealed astatine that clip whether Wilkerson will get nan telephone against nan Broncos.

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