Jordan Poyer was getting to Kansas City one way or another.
Buffalo Bills safety Jordan Poyer wasn’t cleared to fly with the team this week for their game against the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium due to a lingering rib injury.
Yet Poyer was going to play. So, he hired a car service to drive him the nearly 1,000-mile journey — about 15 hours — from Buffalo to Kansas City.
I'm told #bills safety Jordan Poyer used a car service that drove him from Buffalo to Kansas City. He's also still not cleared even though he played in the game, so he's using the car service to get back to Buffalo as well. https://t.co/JnLQ4l2VFg
— James Palmer (@JamesPalmerTV) October 17, 2022
While it seems like playing in a game would be a bigger risk to his ribs than actually flying, doctors were apparently concerned with the air pressure in the plane cabin impacting Poyer's ribs during the flight, according to ESPN's Chris Mortensen. That means air travel was out of the question.
Poyer played normally on Sunday and appeared to do so without damaging his ribs. The 31-year-old had four total tackles in their big 24-20 win over the Chiefs. He now has 16 total tackles and four interceptions so far this season, his sixth with the team.
But, as he’s not cleared to fly, Poyer will have to turn around and catch a long 16-hour car ride back to Buffalo.
The Bills are off next week before they’ll take on the Green Bay Packers on Oct. 30. Thankfully, that should give Poyer plenty of time to recover from both his injury and his road trip.
At least he gets to sit with a win. Driving that long after a loss couldn't be fun.
