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He’ll miss at least the first four weeks of the season after tearing his ACL in the playoffs. No surprise there. Shavers will likely be a late-season reinforcement, if that, in 2026 after coming on strong when the Bills needed receiving help last year.

After tearing his ACL in early January, Shavers is a good bet to wind up on reserve/PUP at the conclusion of training camp.

Shavers actually played 22 of the team’s snaps in the second half on the torn ACL, which is absurd. The 26-year-old heads to the offseason as unlikely to play early in the season due to how late this knee injury was suffered. He had a career-best 15/245/1 receiving line on 23 targets in the 2025 season, starting nine games and being sporadically useful when the team got annoyed with mercurial second-year receiver Keon Coleman. The Bills will need to rely on Coleman to give them something in the Divisional Round.

Shavers left in the second quarter with the knee issue. He went to the locker room and the team listed him as questionable to return. Shavers was back on the field coming out of halftime, giving the Bills some extra receiver depth for the final two quarters.

Shavers injured his left knee while on punt coverage in the second quarter. He quickly left for the locker room and was listed as questionable to return. With Josh Palmer now on IR, the Bills would be forced to lean on Keon Coleman, Gabe Davis, and Brandin Cooks for wide receiver snaps if Shavers is done for the day. Bills S Jordan Poyer (hamstring) is also questionable to return.

Shavers made a massive 32-yard catch in traffic down the sideline to put the Bills in the red zone late in the third quarter. They would wind up getting stuffed on the one-yard line and turning the ball over on downs, but it was a really nice catch in traffic for the young receiver, who has emerged as a key part of the Bills’ wide receiver corps due to his run blocking and special teams ability. He may be the only receiver, in addition to Khalil Shakir, who feels like a lock to be on the Bills next season.

With Keon Coleman inactive for disciplinary reasons, it was Shavers who saw the biggest increase in playing time and usage. The 26-year-old did most of his damage on a 43-yard broken play touchdown, where he got behind the defense, but he also caught a few huge 20-plus yard passes throughout the game. We can’t expect this moving forward, but he’s certainly worth an add in deeper formats in case Keon Coleman’s disciplinary punishment lasts beyond one week.