Team news: Buffalo Bills

Bills WR John Brown will not carry an injury designation for Week 8's game against the New England Patriots, according to the Buffalo Bills injury report.

Related Player: Gabriel Davis

Brown's return gives the Bills their full complement of receivers for Week 8. John Brown is a WR3 with WR2 upside against a struggling Patriots defense.

Buffalo Bills wide receiver John Brown logged his second full practice session in a row.

Brown appears to be a good bet to suit up this weekend, as it will likely take a setback to prevent him from being cleared to take on New England. His presence on the field will help open things up for his teammates and will hopefully be able to help the entire Bills offense bounce back from a disastrous showing against the New York Jets. Brown is currently our 65th ranked receiver for Week 8.

What a relief it must have been for Brandon Beane to see Zack Moss inject some life into the Bills’ running game in the second half. Moss finished with seven carries for 47 yards to go with three catches for 25 yards, good for 7.2 yards per touch.

After missing three games with a toe injury, that ailment seems to be behind him, the story said. It added Moss was running with more conviction than he did prior to the injury and was ripping through tackles the way he did while barreling his way through the Pac-12 in college.

Cole Beasley will continue to be valuable if teams continue to take away the deep part of the field against the Bills. Josh Allen targeted him 12 times against the Jets, and Beasley hauled in 11 of those passes.

As the story said, Allen doesn’t have a security blanket at tight end and the Bills don’t have a superstar running back coming out of the backfield. Stefon Diggs is a go-to receiver, but on the underneath routes Allen knows he can rely on Beasley to find the openings in zone coverage and be where he needs to be. Allen attempted 33 passes within 10 yards of the line of scrimmage and 39 passes within 15 yards of the line of scrimmage, the story went on to say.

Bills TE Dawson Knox tested positive for COVID-19 and will not play Sunday against the Jets.

The Bills also placed TEs Lee Smith, Tommy Sweeny and practice squad TE Nate Becker on the reserve/COVID-19 list. Tyler Kroft was actually away from the team for the birth of his daughter. Kroft will now take over for the time being as the starter while Knox recovers. Kroft is our No. 27 tight end for the week.

Bills TE Dawson Knox will not play Sunday against the New York Jets, according to the team's Friday injury report.

Related Player: Tyler Kroft

Knox has been fantasy-irrelevant, and the position itself is not targeted often by Josh Allen. Kroft is a desperation play in Knox's place.