The Buffalo Bills have lost rookie safety Jairus Byrd for the rest of the year due to a undisclosed injury.  Byrd played in 14 games for the Bills this season and he made 45 tackles, defensed 11 passes and he had 9 interceptions which he returned for 118 yards (13.1 avg).  Byrd was a heck of a pick for the Bills last April as they selected him in the 2nd round out of Oregon.  Byrd will be a starter for a long time for the Buffalo Bills and he will be a impact player.

Ryan Fitzpatrick will probably not be able to play this Sunday against the Falcons due to a ankle injury.  He has played in 9 games for the Bills this season and he has completed 111 of 202 passes (55%) for 1,267 yards with 6 TD passes and 10 INTs (63.3 QB Rating).  He has also carried the ball 30 times for 134 yards (4.5 ypc) with 1 TD run this season.  The Bills might be forced to start Brian Brohm this weekend and that might not be pretty as the Packers didn’t let him anywhere near the field when he played with them.  Still, he was a good college QB so maybe he just needed a change of scenery.  The Bills have re-signed Gibran Hamdan to replace Trent Edwards on the active roster and he might be the #2 guy on Sunday.

The Bills have lost 26-year old QB Trent Edwards for the rest of the year due to a ankle injury.  Edwards played in 8 games for the Bills this season and he completed 110 of 183 passes (60.1%) for 1,169 yards with 6 TD passes and 7 INTs (73.8 QB Rating).  He also carried the ball 14 times for 106 yards (7.6 ypc) last year.  Edwards has now played in 32 games in his three years with the Bills and he has completed 506 of 826 passes (61.3%) for 5,498 yards with 24 TD passes and 25 INTs (77.9 QB Rating).  He has also carried the ball 64 times for 272 yards (4.3 ypc) with 3 TD runs.  Edwards has the look of a back-up QB due to his inability to stay healthy.

The Bills have lost starting CB Terrence McGee for the rest of the year due to him needing shoulder surgery.  McGee played in 11 games for the Bills this season and he finished up with 48 tackles, 1 tackle for a loss, 7 passes defensed and 1 interception.  This hurts the Bills as McGee is a pretty darn good football player.

The Bills have lost starting guard Kendall Simmons for the year due to a shoulder injury.  Simmons played in 3 games (all starts) for the Bills after signing with them 4 weeks ago.  Simmons’ injury was a big part of the reason that the Bills claimed Richie Incognito off waivers from the Rams.