QB Josh Allen (elbow) day-to-day, ‘we’ll see’ if he performs

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Buffalo Payments quarterback Josh Allen is day-to-day with a proper elbow damage to the ulnar collateral ligament and associated nerves, per coach Sean McDermott, and he won’t apply Wednesday.

His standing stays unsure for Sunday’s sport in opposition to the Minnesota Vikings.

“We’ll see,” McDermott mentioned on the subject of Allen enjoying within the sport.

Allen suffered the damage over the last drive of the group’s 20-17 loss to the New York Jets. Jets defensive lineman Bryce Huff acquired previous backup proper sort out David Quessenberry, in for injured sort out Spencer Brown, and hit Allen’s throwing arm, which resulted in a strip sack recovered by Buffalo.

After the hit, Allen was seen holding his proper elbow and attempting to shake out his arm.

Two performs after the hit, Allen threw a go supposed for huge receiver Gabe Davis 69.3 yards within the air, the longest go try during the last six seasons, per NFL NextGen stats. It fell incomplete and ended the sport for the Payments.

Allen handled an damage to the UCL in his proper elbow throughout his rookie season and missed 4 video games. He has not missed a sport since then.

“There’s some slight ache,” Allen mentioned after the sport. “However we’ll get by way of it.”

Earlier than the damage, Allen was going by way of a tough stretch on the sphere. Within the final six quarters stretching again to halftime of the group’s win over the Inexperienced Bay Packers in Week 8, he has thrown zero touchdowns to 4 interceptions and accomplished 47.9% of his passes.

It is troublesome to overstate the function that Allen performs on the Payments’ offense. He has accounted for 23 of the Payments’ 25 offensive touchdowns, both along with his legs or his arm.

If Allen is unable to play, backup quarterback Case Keenum, who the Payments acquired in a commerce with the Cleveland Browns over the offseason, would step in and face his former group. Keenum has solely performed in two video games this season when each had been nicely out of attain. He would face one in all his former groups within the Minnesota Vikings, alongside huge receiver Stefon Diggs, whom he linked with on the Minneapolis Miracle play within the 2017 divisional spherical of the playoffs.

The Payments are additionally coping with different accidents as go rusher Greg Rousseau is week-to-week with a excessive ankle sprain and proper sort out Spencer Brown (ankle), linebacker Matt Milano (indirect) and security Jordan Poyer (elbow) are all coming off accidents that compelled them to overlook the sport in opposition to the Jets.