Orchard Park, N.Y. — The news is bad. Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Ed Oliver tore his bicep muscle in the team’s win over the Carolina Panthers.

Oliver will have surgery on the injured arm and will be out indefinitely. The former first-round pick took to Instagram on Monday night to share a message: “I’ll be back just in time to play for it all,” he wrote.

The injury timeline for a torn biceps muscle usually means at least three months of rehab. That would give Oliver a chance to return for the Super Bowl, but the Bills would have to get there first -- without him.

How will the Bills look to replace him, and what does losing Oliver mean for a defense and team facing questions about whether they can contend for the Super Bowl this season?

Here are five thoughts on what the plan mi

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