Bills’ Ed Oliver Out After Warmup Hip Injury
19 sourcesUpdated Sep 18, 2026
Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Ed Oliver will miss Thursday night's game against the Detroit Lions after suffering a hip injury during pregame warmups. The team posted him inactive 90 minutes before kickoff; he had not been on Buffalo's weekly injury report. Oliver, an eight-year starter and the ninth overall pick in 2019, missed most of 2025 with ankle and biceps injuries. In the Bills' 36-31 Week 1 win over Houston he had five tackles, a fumble recovery and one quarterback hit. His absence thins an already short interior group: T.J. Sanders is out with a knee injury and illness, and rookie defensive tackle Zane Durant is on injured reserve. Detroit rushed for 165 yards in Week 1. Contested: No outlet disputes the hip injury, the warmup timing, or the inactive call. Left-rated headlines foreground a major loss of a starting standout; the single right-rated headline states the same out-after-warmup fact without a separate frame.
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Left· 4 sources
“Bills DT Ed Oliver out vs. Lions with hip injury”Center· 3 sources
“Bills lose Ed Oliver to late injury before Lions matchup”Right· 1 source
Detroit elevating Reed should help them exploit the gaps in Buffalo's defensive line tonight.
Losing Oliver before the game starts leaves the Bills way too thin up front against a strong Lions offense.
