{"id":345392,"date":"2025-12-13T00:12:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T00:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/345392\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T00:12:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T00:12:08","slug":"bills-de-joey-bosa-rt-spencer-brown-set-to-play-vs-patriots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/345392\/","title":{"rendered":"Bills DE Joey Bosa, RT Spencer Brown set to play vs. Patriots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765584728_952_getzenberg_alaina.png&#038;h=80&#038;w=80&#038;scale=crop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Alaina GetzenbergDec 12, 2025, 04:25 PM ET<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a>Alaina Getzenberg covers the Buffalo Bills for ESPN. She joined ESPN in 2021. Alaina was previously a beat reporter for the Charlotte Observer and has also worked for CBS Sports and the Dallas Morning News. She is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley.<\/p>\n<p>ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. &#8212; The <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"232afaf2-01ac-fcc2-8bd6-66550df1703a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/buf\/buffalo-bills\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Buffalo Bills<\/a> will get two important linemen back for their AFC East matchup against the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"0078f353-fe3e-67ed-a42c-43cca0568e21\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/ne\/new-england-patriots\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New England Patriots<\/a>, with defensive end <a data-player-guid=\"591c8883-7eb1-633e-5283-7bfbb9dbf51e\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/3051389\/joey-bosa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joey Bosa<\/a> and right tackle <a data-player-guid=\"6121587a-5285-71ac-bb06-f7f7c7d59583\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4030899\/spencer-brown\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spencer Brown<\/a> set to play Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Bosa missed last week&#8217;s win over the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"75b8623b-8926-b411-0476-3d3602b78523\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/cin\/cincinnati-bengals\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> because of a hamstring injury, and Brown missed the past two games with a shoulder injury. Neither had an injury designation on Friday&#8217;s report, the last of the week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s good, yeah, we rolling this Sunday,&#8221; Brown said earlier in the week.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/p>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<p>No Buffalo players have been ruled out against New England, but three are listed as questionable &#8212; cornerback <a data-player-guid=\"540fc1a9-bf7d-f24d-ae8a-dcbd8d365dcd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4379778\/christian-benford\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christian Benford<\/a> (toe), linebacker <a data-player-guid=\"355780c6-ba8f-45b4-79df-e8b5fda25466\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4259166\/terrel-bernard\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terrel Bernard<\/a> (elbow) and wide receiver <a data-player-guid=\"9cca6401-3c43-0d5f-a97e-cbb699771196\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4242433\/joshua-palmer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joshua Palmer<\/a> (ankle).<\/p>\n<p>Benford was injured during Thursday&#8217;s practice and did not participate Friday.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if Benford&#8217;s injury is long-term, Bills coach Sean McDermott said, &#8220;I don&#8217;t feel like it is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re just 24 hours out from it &#8230; not even quite 24 hours, so still gathering some information,&#8221; McDermott added. &#8220;I&#8217;m dialoguing with [head athletic trainer Nate Breske], and he&#8217;s updating me as we go here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Palmer, who said Wednesday that he&#8217;s excited to get back onto the field, and Bernard were both limited participants in practice throughout the week.<\/p>\n<p>If Bernard cannot go, veteran <a data-player-guid=\"5eab8360-e108-f54a-78f2-642d67e3813f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/2978313\/shaq-thompson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shaq Thompson<\/a> will continue to start in his place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alaina GetzenbergDec 12, 2025, 04:25 PM ET CloseAlaina Getzenberg covers the Buffalo Bills for ESPN. 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