Buffalo Bills center Eric Wood has suffered a career-ending injury, according to Scout Fantasy and ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Schefter said the injury was “partly due to wear and tear, but one source characterized it as a ‘complicated medical situation.’”
Bills center Eric Wood suffers career-ending neck injury
The Bills center had signed an extension in the offseason.
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Wood released a statement on the injury:
The 31-year-old Wood was a first-round draft pick by the Bills in 2009, and was the only Bills player to play every offensive snap this season. He’s started all 120 games he’s played for the team, and is the second-longest tenured active Bills player behind Kyle Williams.
Wood had suffered a broken left leg as a rookie in 2009, and broke his right leg in 2016, but has otherwise been a staple on the Bills’ offensive line since entering the league.
Wood signed a lucrative contract extension this offseason, a two-year deal for $16 million. GM Brandon Beane said after the extension, “He’s done a great job since he was drafted here in ’09. We think he’s still playing well.
“We think he’s a leader up front, not only on the O-Line but on the offense, and he’s a guy that we feel is part of what we’re doing going forward. He’s going into the last year of his deal so we wanted to get something done.”
The team will go into more detail on Wood’s injury at a news conference on Monday.
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