Buffalo Bills wide receiver Sammy Watkins and defensive tackles Marcell Dareus and Kyle Williams have passed physicals and are cleared to practice, the team announced Monday morning.

The team was flooded with injuries early in training camp, but the return to health of three presumed starters is much-needed positive news for the AFC East challengers.

Watkins began camp on the physically unable to perform list as he fought to return to form after undergoing surgery in the spring on a fractured fifth metatarsal in his foot. The team said he has been running at full speed over the last number of weeks.

Dareus suffered a broken foot in Week 17 of last season and underwent surgery in the offseason, but he had been put on the non-football illness list to begin camp.

Williams also had offseason surgery. He sustained a season-ending knee injury in Week 6 of last season.