There were many unanswered questions following the Buffalo Bills’ defeat by the Cincinnati Bengals. One of those is the reason Josh Norman, a 35-year-old cornerback who was promoted from the practice squad for the second time, started the game instead of starting cornerback Christian Benford.Benford started the preseason as the Bills’ CB2, but after Tre’Davious White’s season-ending Achilles injury in Week 4, he was named the starting CB1 for the team. Benford has started nine games this season and has done a good job of stopping opposing receivers. In those nine games, he has racked up 30 combined tackles and four passes defensed. So why did he spend the second half of the game sitting on the bench?
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So why did the Buffalo Bills fail to announce the injury during the contest? That’s probably because Benford had been coping with it the whole time. The second-year cornerback’s hamstring injury was noted when he was added to the team’s injury report on Friday afternoon. Even though he didn’t have a designated game day and only started last night, it’s possible that his hamstring simply got tighter and slower as the game went on.Head coach Sean McDermott stated at the press conference following the game that Benford was sidelined due to a hamstring injury; however, he did not explain why the injury was not reported during play.
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In the event that Benford must miss any significant time due to injury, the Bills’ cornerback options will be Josh Norman (who is still on the practice squad), Dane Jackson, and recently acquired Rasul Douglas.
