Bills' schedule changes mean back-to-back weeks on short rest
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Sean McDermott and the Bills (4-0) face the Titans (3-0) Tuesday night and the Chiefs (4-1) on Monday. AP Photo/Isaac Brekken “We’re not really sure what’s going on. Honestly, we’re clueless about the situation coming up,” Bills safety
Hyde, who spoke hours before the league moved the Bills-Titans game to Tuesday, said he didn’t realize postponing games was a possibility within the NFL’s protocols because of the coronavirus pandemic. Everyone within the Bills’ organization is well aware now. To adjust for the Tuesday game, the Bills canceled Friday’s practice and worked out instead on Saturday and Sunday.
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More NFL coverage »After Tuesday’s game is played, Buffalo will get six days to prepare for the Chiefs (4-1), twice as many as it would have with its original schedule. Following the Chiefs game, the Bills will get another short week, this time facing the winless New York Jets on Oct. 25.
From there, they will face the New England Patriots — who had to shut down their facility last week after multiple positive COVID-19 tests — the Seattle Seahawks and the Arizona Cardinals before their bye in Week 11.
The Bills are doing their best to keep their tunnel vision on the game ahead of them, even as the threat of postponing games — and losing game checks — lingers.
“We knew adversity was going to hit,” Bills offensive lineman Cody Ford said. “We’re just going to take it day by day and focus on this week only.
“I don’t know anybody who wants to lose money because of something that they couldn’t control. It’s one of those things where we can only control what we can control. It would hurt not to get paid, but I would rather be healthy than be rich.”
