Buffalo Bills wide receiver Khalil Shakir should return from an ankle injury in time for the season opener, coach Sean McDermott said Thursday. Shakir, 25, has been considered day-to-day since sustaining a right high-ankle sprain in practice last Friday.

One position group for the Buffalo Bills that couldn't afford to have an injury to a key player was the receiver position. “He's dealt with one before, he's extremely tough,” McDermott said. With Shakir out for a month or so,