The Buffalo Bills are clinging to their playoff lives right now, and on Sunday they will have to beat the Cincinnati Bengals with a makeshift roster – although not quite as makeshift as last week when they took on the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Before Friday’s practice, head coach Sean McDermott announced that defensive end Joey Bosa and linebacker Terrell Bernard had been ruled out for Sunday’s game. The announcement came as no surprise as neither has practiced at all this week.

Bernard missed last week’s game with an elbow injury he suffered in Houston during Thursday Night Football in Week 11. Linebacker Shaq Thompson played in his place, and the 11-year-veteran did just fine calling the defense while making nine combined tackles, five of them solo.

Bosa injured his hamstring last week whi

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