{"id":413909,"date":"2026-01-18T00:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T00:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/413909\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T00:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T00:09:10","slug":"bills-backup-lb-dorian-williams-out-with-neck-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/413909\/","title":{"rendered":"Bills backup LB Dorian Williams out with neck injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Alaina GetzenbergJan 17, 2026, 05:15 PM ET<\/p>\n

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

DENVER — Buffalo Bills<\/a> linebacker Dorian Williams<\/a> has been ruled out of Saturday’s divisional round game vs. the Denver Broncos<\/a> with a neck injury suffered on the opening kickoff.<\/p>\n

Williams made helmet-to-helmet contact with Broncos receiver and returner Marvin Mims Jr<\/a>. as he made the tackle on the play. Mims was evaluated for a concussion and cleared to return.<\/p>\n

The 2023 third-round pick lay on the ground after the hit for a few minutes as athletic trainers surrounded him. As he was being attended to, the Bills’ entire sideline came out to check on him, and although a backboard was brought out, Williams was able to get up and walk off the field supported by Bills staff.<\/p>\n

He then went into the medical tent before walking out on his own and then sitting up in the back of a cart, which took him to the locker room. The CBS broadcast later reported that Williams was taken to a local hospital.<\/p>\n

Williams is a key backup for the Bills and often comes in for certain base packages, as well as being a special teams player.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alaina GetzenbergJan 17, 2026, 05:15 PM ET CloseAlaina Getzenberg covers the Buffalo Bills for ESPN. She joined ESPN…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-413909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}