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The Buffalo Bills waived Nathan Peterman on Monday, ending the tenure of the team's 2017 fifth-round pick who became known for his historically high rate of interceptions.

Related players: Matt Barkley, Josh Allen

Peterman, 24, appeared in eight games in his two seasons in Buffalo and made four starts. On 130 career regular-season pass attempts, Peterman has thrown three touchdowns and 12 interceptions. He also threw an interception on one of his three pass attempts in last season's AFC wild-card playoff loss.

With Derek Anderson suffering a concussion, Bills QB Nathan Peterman is expected to start Sunday vs the Chicago Bears, per sources.

Unfortunately for Peterman he jumps right into a tough matchup against the Bears in Week 9. He obviously won't be at the top of our QB list this week as he enters the season completing 13 passes for 108 yards, a TD but four INTs.

Bills QB Josh Allen received a second opinion on his sprained elbow from Dr. James Andrews, and he doesn't need surgery.

Related players: Nathan Peterman, Derek Anderson

The tweet went on to say that while he doesn't need surgery, the expectation as of now is Allen will miss at least two or three games, then be week-to-week from there, source said. Peterman or Anderson could start in Week 7 against the Bills.

Bills rookie QB Josh Allen will not start this Sunday and there is concern he will miss weeks per sources.

Related players: Derek Anderson, Nathan Peterman

On Monday when we reported on this, the team had not committed to Peterman as the starter. The team signed Anderson last week, so this obviously leaves the door open to move away from the struggling Peterman and instead go with the veteran Anderson.

Bills rookie quarterback Josh Allen left Sunday’s loss to the Texans with a right elbow injury and coach Sean McDermott provided an update on Allen’s condition when he met with the media on Monday.

McDermott described Allen’s outlook as “week to week.”

Related players: Nathan Peterman, Derek Anderson

HC Sean McDermott said "we'll see" and he'll know more Tuesday as far as whether or not Allen can play in Week 7. Peterman may not be a lock to start if Allen can't go, as the team signed the veteran Anderson last week.

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen exited the game with a right arm injury against the Houston Texans.

Related players: Nathan Peterman

Allen was sandwiched between two Houston defenders after competing a 39-yard pass to Kelvin Benjamin in the third quarter. Bills coach Sean McDermott was visibly upset that a late hit penalty wasn't called.

Through four games, the connection between Kirk Cousins and his receiving duo has been everything the Vikings could have dreamed.

That was especially on display on Thursday Night Football against the Los Angeles Rams, when the combo brought in 19 passes.

Related players: Stefon Diggs, Adam Thielen

The story summed it up nicely saying Thielen has been targeted 55 times, more than any other receiver in the NFL through four weeks. Cousins has 40 completions on those targets (72.2 percent completion percentage) for 473 yards and a QB rating of 110.6 when throwing Thielen’s way. While Diggs doesn’t have quite as many targets, his efficiency is every bit as impressive. When throwing at Diggs, Cousins has gone 27-for-39 with 311 yards and has a QB rating of 118.6. Everything is coming together for the Cousins/Thielen/Diggs trio. The receivers are doing exactly what they’ve done for Sam Bradford and Case Keenum in the past: Line up all over the field and get open constantly.

Bills coach Sean McDermott hasn’t ruled out giving Nathan Peterman what would be his fourth career start on Sunday against the Chargers. (Peterman won last year’s snow globe game against the Colts, throwing 10 passes and completing five.) Via Joe Buscaglia of WKBW, McDermott has yet to decide on a starter for Week Two. Asked how he could justify going with Peterman again, McDermott said the blame for Sunday’s 47-3 blowout spreads widely to everyone on the team.

Related players: Josh Allen

The Bills don't seem ready to throw Allen to the fire yet, the story said, possibly because their schedule to start is a pretty tough one against quality defenses. The story also said the Bills line is struggling and can't buy time for any QB.