The Buffalo Payments are enjoying on the highway Monday night time towards the Atlanta Falcons, with their backs towards the wall early.
The Falcons have established a seven-point lead early within the contest, and their lead has ballooned to 14 factors within the second quarter after star operating again Bijan Robinson burned rubber for an enormous 81-yard dashing landing.
As for the Payments, they’re having hassle early on shifting the chains and placing factors up on the board. Including to the problem was the obvious harm huge receiver Josh Palmer suffered within the first half.
“#Payments WR Josh Palmer injured after what appeared like a textbook hip-drop deal with. No flag,” as reported by Mike Garafolo of the NFL Community through X, previously Twitter.
Palmer was having an amazing begin to the Falcons sport earlier than he exited the sector to get evaluated. He was main Buffalo after two massive performs, catching each targets from quarterback Josh Allen for 60 receiving yards.
With the Payments lacking the likes of huge receiver Curtis Samuel and rising star tight finish Dalton Kincaid, Palmer was amongst these anticipated to have extra on their plate in Buffalo’s passing assault towards the Falcons.
The previous Tennessee Volunteers star wideout entered Week 6 with 174 receiving yards, with zero touchdowns on 12 receptions and 18 targets. His greatest sport so far this season was Week 1’s 41-40 thriller of a win over the Baltimore Ravens, during which he racked up 61 receiving yards on 5 catches and 9 targets.
The 26-year-old Palmer has but to return to the sport on the time of this writing, however the hope is that he did not undergo something critical. For what it is value, he did not appear to be in a lot ache on the sidelines after his harm.
“Josh Palmer is up and strolling to the bench. That is an enormous constructive. He is made two enormous performs thus far tonight,” reported Mike Catalana of 13WHAM.
Tight finish Dawson Knox and huge receivers Khalil Shakir and Keon Coleman will likely be amongst Allen’s chief targets downfield, as the sport continues with out Palmer, who’s in his first season with the Payments after signing a three-year cope with the crew in March..