(WECK1230) — We’ll have to wait until we have the full story, but I have to say this latest Bills injury story certainly bears the “more things change, the more they stay the same” aura.

Marcus Easley is one of the top wide receivers of the Bills very young, or at least inexperienced, corps. It follows that it was a big letdown when he was shut down for the year after suffering a major injury that required surgery.

Little did we know that Easley’s ability to heal is downright Poslusznical.

The National Football Post’s Aaron Wilson is reporting that, according to an NFL source, Easley has healed from his knee surgery and is already off crutches. While it was thought to be an ACL tear, it was not, and Easley reportedly could have returned some time in September.

While the Bills have retooled their strength and conditioning squad, the problem may have been with diagnoses. A couple years back Paul Posluszny healed well ahead of schedule and last year Leodis McKelvin was ready before the end of the year, but were placed on IR and therefore could not return. That’s without even mentioning the shunning and shutdown of Angelo Crowell for not disclosing planned surgery early in camp.

All of this sets the stage for a loud discussion. Who is making these decisions for the Bills? If this isn’t the call of the coach or general manager, then some of the criticism lumped on former bosses should be diluted. Perhaps this happens all over the league, but Bills are healing quicker than most. Maybe it’s their top-notch rehab docs, but whoever is making these decisions needs to be called in for questioning. I’m not sure post-preseason game is the time to ask Chan Gailey who makes these calls, but our answer should definitely come by early last week.

It’s not a major loss to lose a rookie wide-out for the year, as we learned by the limited rookie impacts of Devin Thomas, Malcolm Kelly, Limas Sweed and James Hardy a few years back. At this low-depth position, however, it could be a bigger hit for the Bills on a relative scale.

Again, this is just a report, but we’ll continue to follow this story.

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