BUFFALO, N.Y. — Payments center linebacker Terrel Bernard suffered pectoral pressure in Thursday night time’s win over the Miami Dolphins however it isn’t thought-about to be a season-ending harm, sources informed ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Friday.
Bernard is a candidate for injured reserve as he might be out for a few month, sources stated.
Simply two weeks into the 2024 season, Bernard is the third Payments beginning defender who will miss time with an harm. He joins nickel cornerback Taron Johnson (forearm), who has not been positioned on injured reserve, and linebacker Matt Milano (torn biceps), who’s on IR and shall be out for months.
Exams revealed the extent of Bernard’s harm after he left the Payments’ 31-10 win within the first quarter and didn’t return. The 2022 third-round decide earned the workforce’s center linebacker function within the 2023 offseason after Tremaine Edmunds left in free company, and Bernard began all 17 video games final yr.
Bernard, 25, is considered one of two workforce captains this yr, together with quarterback Josh Allen.
Baylon Spector, a 2022 seventh-round decide, got here in for Bernard and tied for the workforce lead in tackles (10).
“I hate saying ‘subsequent man up,’ as a result of you possibly can’t change these guys; TB, that is our captain,” Von Miller stated of Bernard. “He is the heartbeat of this protection. We already misplaced Matt Milano, so it will be robust to attempt to fill that void, however these younger guys, man, obtained to provide it to them. Baylon Spector got here in, and he made it work. Saved the protection collectively.”
