Bills running back LeSean McCoy has been sitting out the last two weeks with a hamstring injury, but the team has indicated that it’s confident McCoy will be good to go when the regular season starts.
And a league source tells PFT that McCoy himself is confident he’s going to be good to go for Week One.
However, Josina Anderson of ESPN reports that the Bills now worry that McCoy won’t be able to go when they open the season on September 13 against the Colts. A source told Anderson that McCoy is “not even close” to full speed and has missed so much work that there’s “no way he can be in great football shape” when the season starts.
“I can’t say for sure he’s going to be with us Week One. I can’t say that at all,” the source said.
If the Bills are concerned about the status of McCoy for Week One, it makes the decision to cut running back Fred Jackson more surprising. The other running backs expected to make the Bills’ 53-player roster are Anthony Dixon, Bryce Brown and Karlos Williams, and they’d all be likely to share carries if McCoy is out.