Falcons All-Pro wide receiver Julio Jones was moving gingerly in the game before being yanked in the second quarter with a hip flexor.
He was seen trying to stretch his right hip on the sidelines.
There is a tweet from Adam Schefter, citing a source, stating that the Falcons do not expect Jones to miss any playing time because they have a bye this week.
The team said it would provide injury updates at Dan Quinn’s 2 p.m. press conference on Monday. The best remedy for hip flexors is rest for 10 to 14 days. The Falcons don’t play again until facing Miami on Oct. 15 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
Jones was hurt on the last offensive play of the game in the victory over Detroit. He was limited in practice last week, but started against Buffalo on Sunday.
He finished with four catches for 30 yards.
Jones kept trying to re-enter the Bills’ game, but team wouldn’t allow him to keep playing.
“We spoke on the sideline and he was hoping that he could explode and he really wanted to go,” Falcons coach Dan Quinn said after the game. “He had trouble just exploding, and if he can’t be him, that’s a unique thing for him. The speed, the explosiveness so when he wasn’t able to do that, that’s when we had to pull him.”
The injuries continued to mount for the Falcons, who in addition to Jones, they lost wide receiver Mohamed Sanu (hamstring), safety Keanu Neal (hand) and defensive tackle Jack Crawford (biceps) during the Bills game.
The Falcons were already without four starters in defensive end Vic Beasley (hamstring strain/tear), right tackle Ryan Schraeder (concussion), free safety Ricardo Allen (concussion) and defensive tackle Courtney Upshaw (ankle).
“You never know when you’re going to need a bye,” Quinn said. “Sometimes it’s late in the season, and it’s good. Other times it’s early and before the season you may think to yourself, that’s early.
“In our team’s case this time, we’re hopeful that we’ll get a good bit of the guys back. We had five that were inactive due to injury in this game and then had a couple injuries within the game. So we’ll assess that tomorrow, get a look back, but a number of them are close to returning and that’s encouraging for us.”
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