Bills starting safety Taylor Rapp will miss Sunday's AFC Championship Game due to back and hip injuries. Rookie Cole Bishop is expected to start in Rapp's place.

Bills safety Taylor Rapp intercepted Lamar Jackson in the first quarter but was carted to the locker room in the second quarter.

Buffalo Bills safety Taylor Rapp exited Sunday's AFC divisional playoff game against the visiting Baltimore Ravens with a hip injury.

Without Taylor Rapp, the Bills will have to limit the Chiefs' eccentric offense without their full defensive arsenal for the second consecutive season. In addition to Rapp's injury, Buffalo faced Kansas City without star linebackers Matt Milano and Baylon Spector in 2024.

Buffalo Bills safety Taylor Rapp and offensive tackle Dion Dawkins (illness) were both non-participants in the team's walkthrough on Wednesday while linebacker Matt Milano (biceps/hamstring) was limit

The Buffalo Bills on Friday ruled out starting safety Taylor Rapp from playing against the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC conference championship game on Sunday and starting cornerback Christian Benford is listed as questionable.

Bishop, the rookie out of Utah, has a veteran safety, Micah Hyde, to lean on for advice ahead of Sunday’s matchup.

Buffalo Bills starting safety Taylor Rapp has been ruled out for the AFC Championship Game on Sunday against the host Kansas City Chiefs.

Buffalo Bills rookie safety Cole Bishop will start in place of the injured Taylor Rapp in Sunday's AFC Championship game against the Kansas City Chiefs

ORCHARD PARK - A season-long trend, one in which the Buffalo Bills had been given a reprieve from in the last few weeks, has returned at quite an inopportune time: Injuries on the defensive side of the ball.

The Bills on Saturday said Spector will not play in Sunday's AFC championship game against the Kansas City Chiefs. He was downgraded to out with a calf injury. Buffalo also elevated safety Kareem Jackson and offensive lineman Will Clap from the practice squad.