Bills receive huge boost right before kickoff against Eagles

The news about Philadelphia Eagles tackle Lane Johnson's groin injury caught a lot of people's attention Sunday morning and they finally received their answer when the Philadelphia Eagles released their inactives: Johnson won't play in Week 12.It's a major blow for the Eagles and the injury must be pretty serious if it's keeping Johnson, who's […]

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The news about Philadelphia Eagles tackle Lane Johnson's groin injury caught a lot of people's attention Sunday morning and they finally received their answer when the Philadelphia Eagles released their inactives: Johnson won't play in Week 12.

It's a major blow for the Eagles and the injury must be pretty serious if it's keeping Johnson, who's one of the NFL's toughest players, from playing in a big game such as this.

The Bills also released their inactives and there's an interesting development in the healthy scratch that is 2023 free agent pickup, Deonte Harty. It's likely the emergence of Khalil Shakir, who had a career day with three receptions for 115-yards and a touchdown in Week 11 against the New York Jets, played a big role in the decision.

Safety Taylor Rapp and cornerback Dane Jackson were both ruled out on Friday. 

The spread has dropped from the Bills being 3.5-point underdogs to 2.5-point dogs since Johnson was ruled out – that's how much he matters.

We'll see if they can take advantage of the situation when the game kicks off at 4:25pm ET.