Bills' Poyer takes 15-hour car trip to play vs. K.C.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- It takes implicit 15 hours crossed 5 states to get from Orchard Park, New York, to Arrowhead Stadium by car, a region of astir 1,000 miles.

Bills information Jordan Poyer made that travel -- and backmost again -- to play successful Buffalo's 24-20 win implicit the Kansas City Chiefs connected Sunday aft helium was not medically cleared to alert owed to "resolving pneumothorax," oregon a collapsed lung, a root told ESPN. Poyer was permitted to play, but doctors were not comfy with the aerial unit that comes with flying arsenic helium recovers from the injury, a root told ESPN's Chris Mortensen.

The Bills arranged for Poyer and his household to question to and from Kansas City successful a van. The All-Pro information had 4 tackles successful the crippled and played 100% of the antiaircraft snaps.

"This is the adjacent one, truthful it's bully that we got [the win] going into the bye week," Poyer said. "Gotta get everybody steadfast again and travel backmost location against ... the Packers."

Poyer suffered the injury, which the squad has designated connected its wounded study arsenic being to his ribs, successful Week 4 against the Baltimore Ravens portion making the 2nd of his 2 fourth-quarter interceptions. Poyer described the wounded arsenic getting the "wind knocked out" of him. He missed Buffalo's Week 5 triumph implicit the Pittsburgh Steelers and was constricted successful signifier connected Wednesday and Thursday, but helium practiced afloat connected Friday.

"You privation to spell into a season, you privation to spell passim the year, without immoderate bumps and bruises, but that's going to happen," Poyer said past week. "Just warring done 'em, and luckily, we've got a large squad of trainers present that let maine to get backmost connected the tract and execute astatine my best."

Poyer expects to beryllium cleared for flying soon, Mortensen reported. He'll beryllium helped by the Bills' bye week successful Week 7 and a location crippled against Green Bay connected "Sunday Night Football" the pursuing week.

When asked astir the bye week aft Sunday's contest, Poyer said, "I'm chilling."

The adjacent clip the Bills question volition beryllium to play astatine the New York Jets connected Nov. 6.

Quarterback Deshaun Watson, present with the Cleveland Browns, antecedently took a 12-hour autobus thrust to get to the Houston Texans' crippled astatine the Jacksonville Jaguars successful 2018 owed to rib and lung injuries, and helium besides played successful that tilt.

Poyer, 31, is acceptable to go a escaped agent, and helium requested a declaration hold during the offseason. Bills wide manager Brandon Beane has had conversations with Poyer's agent, Drew Rosenhaus, and Beane added immoderate incentives to Poyer's 2022 declaration aft Week 1, including for on-field production.

The Bills are without chap starting information Micah Hyde for the remainder of the play aft helium underwent country to repair a herniated disk successful his neck. Damar Hamlin has started successful Hyde's place.

Poyer is tied for the league pb successful interceptions with 4 contempt playing successful lone 4 games. He besides missed Buffalo's Week 3 nonaccomplishment astatine the Miami Dolphins owed to a ft injury.