One of the key components to the Buffalo Bills’ success this year has been their secondary. The group and team were labeled a “bunch of misfits” by safety Micah Hyde — and for apt reason. The team, and more specifically, the secondary, saw a lot of turnover in the offseason. In fact, not one defensive back who currently starts for Buffalo was there in 2016.

Safety Jordan Poyer came over from the Cleveland Browns in the offseason and has been impressive thus far. He’s been rated as one of the top players by Pro Football Focus in multiple games and has contributed to the Bills having the highest turnover differential in the NFL with two interceptions of his own.

Speculation of whether or not the fifth-year player was injured began at the conclusion of Buffalo’s win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last Sunday. Video surfaced of Poyer being in pain and collapsing to the ground after the final play of the game.

After the final tackle is made, you see Jordan Poyer just drop to the ground clearly in pain. @WGRZ pic.twitter.com/tqYrFjJnVE — Heather Prusak (@haprusak) October 22, 2017

On Wednesday, Poyer did not practice and was seen on the sidelines riding a stationary bike and enjoying the view. Not quite what you’d expect to see from someone with a major injury. Soon after that, his fiancée tweeted a rather interesting comment that insinuated the safety’s injury may be more serious than expected.

Prayers for Jordan's knee would be great guys! Want to see him back in action asap!!💛 — Rachel (@Rachel__Bush) October 25, 2017

At the end of practice, Poyer gave his opinion on where he is and what his plan is to be ready for Sunday’s big game against the Oakland Raiders.

“Staying on top of the treatment, staying on top of everything at home,” said Poyer.

“Like I said, it’s gotten a lot better since Sunday, a lot more motion in it. Like I said, I was able to jog today which is really positive. Take it day-by-day, that’s really all I can say about it.”

When asked if he thinks his injury is something where he’d need to be 100 percent in order to be out there, Poyer showed his passion.

“I want to play, I want to be out there. We’ll see, it’s really hard to tell right now. I want to play really bad, I want to be out there for my teammates because I was in a similar situation last year, [and] I actually wasn’t able to be with my teammates for the rest of the year.”

While the Bills’ passing defense didn’t allow a touchdown through the first 15 1/2 quarters of the season, they’re struggling as of late. They’re currently ranked 19th in pass defense and will need to depend on Poyer to keep both Michael Crabtree and Amari Cooper in check on Sunday.

We’ll likely learn more about Poyer’s Week 8 status in the coming days.