The Buffalo Bills are sending starting safety Taylor Rapp to Injured Reserve, meaning former All-Pro Jordan Poyer could regain his starting status

Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott has ruled out three starters from playing Sunday, including safety Taylor Rapp, who will be placed on injured reserve because of a knee issue.

The Bills are looking to avoid their first 3-game losing streak since the end of the 2019 season including the playoffs. They lost 3 straight from Week 16 through the Wild Card round. Meanwhile, the Panthers are looking to win four in a row for the first time since Week 6 of that same 2019 season.

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While the safety is going on injured reserve with a knee injury, three other key Bills starters will be questionable for the Panthers game.

But leaving the Meadowlands in Week 7, that all changed as the Panthers celebrated a 13-6 win, giving them their third-straight victory and a 4-3 record to put them on the right side of .500 and just a game back of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFC South.

The Bills will return from their bye week to face the Panthers on Sunday and they have a few injury issues to sort out as they move toward kickoff.

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The Buffalo Bills have key members coming back this week with the return of defensive players Michael Hoecht and Larry Ogunjobi off suspension. They could get linebacker Matt Milano and rookie Maxwell Hairston back as well, but Bills head coach Sean McDermott announced they will be without starters Taylor Rapp, DaQuan Jones, and Joshua Palmer.