Just In: Buffalo Bills Receive Optimistic Injury News For Veteran Playmaker.

After suffering an injury during Saturday’s preseason game, the veteran wide receiver’s situation has improved just one day later.

In Buffalo’s 9-3 victory on the road on Saturday night, three Pittsburgh Steelers tackled wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling, leaving the 29-year-old veteran on the field for far longer than anyone in the Bills organization would like to see.

Only one day later, though, indications indicate that Valdes-Scantling will likely return sooner rather than later. Even though he required help to leave the field and a cart to take him to the locker room as the halftime whistle approached, it appears like things aren’t as bad as they may be. The report from Sunday showed that all X-Ray came back negative for MVS.

The fact that MVS’s injury is a stinger rather than a fracture or herniated disc is encouraging, even though it’s unclear how much time he will truly lose. Similar issues plagued a number of Bills players last season, including safety Micah Hyde, who was making his way back from neck surgery the year before. Their absences from the field appeared to be in the range of one to two weeks.

The team, which is revamping its wide receiver room this season and has already had to settle an injury settlement with one veteran receiver, Chase Claypool, who was brought to camp with the intention of giving quarterback Josh Allen a complete complement of weapons in September, will undoubtedly be pleased with Sunday’s update.A stinger, which results from the stretching and compression of the nerves in the neck and shoulder following a collision, is unquestionably the most likely diagnosis for individuals seeking one. Three Steelers defenders came together to make the tackle as MVS attempted to run the play for more yards after catching an eight-yard pass from quarterback Ben DiNucci. A second defender struck MVS, pushing his head and neck downward, as one opponent was already holding onto him from behind.

It’s uncertain when exactly MVS will be back in uniform, but it’s very possible that he will be fit by the start of the regular season. But that period might be impacted by his age and any further testing that might find significant damage.