Rookie Josh Allen will start for Buffalo Bills at quarterback

For the Buffalo Bills, Josh Allen's time is now.

Bills coach Sean McDermott said the rookie quarterback will make his first career start Sunday against the Los Angeles Chargers.

"It's the right move for our team," McDermott said.

Allen replaces second-year pro Nathan Peterman, who struggled badly in a 47-3 blowout loss to the Baltimore Ravens in Week 1. Peterman threw for 24 yards and two interceptions before being replaced by Allen in the second half.

The Detroit Lions waived running back Zach Zenner from the reserve-injured list. The former Eagan High and South Dakota State star hurt his back against Cleveland in the preseason finale.

He earned a spot on the Lions' roster as an undrafted rookie in 2015. He emerged as Detroit's No. 1 running back in 2016 when he closed the regular season with more than 200 yards of offense over the past two games.

Zenner had 420 yards rushing and five touchdowns along with 20 receptions for 207 yards in 28 games over three seasons with the Lions.

Nick Foles will start for the Eagles against the Tampa Buccaneers on Sunday. The Super Bowl MVP has filled in since Carson Wentz tore two knee ligaments in Week 14 last year. He is 6-1, including the playoffs and the final regular-season game, in which he played only one quarter.

Coach Doug Pederson says Wentz still hasn't been medically cleared to play. Wentz had surgery to repair a torn ACL and LCL last Dec. 13.

The Cardinals offense did very little in their season opener, a 24-6 home loss to Washington.

They promise improvement, but it will have to come Sunday against a team with maybe the best defense in the NFL, the Rams, and in Los Angeles.

"If you look at them on paper," Arizona quarterback Sam Bradford said, "they're probably one of the more talented units in the league. The way they played the second half last week, they played really well. So, I think it's definitely a big challenge for us, but we've accepted that. We're putting in the work getting ready for them."

So the game has no special meaning to him, he said.

"I think if it would have happened sooner in my career," he said Wednesday, "maybe there would be more, but the staff there is completely different. There's only a handful of guys on that roster that were there when I was there. So there's just really not a lot of connection that's still there for me."

• The Texans placed right tackle Seantrel Henderson on injured reserve. The former Cretin-Derham Hall star is out for the season after sustaining Sunday an ankle injury that required surgery.

• Dolphins guard Josh Sitton is sidelined by a shoulder injury that could force him to miss Sunday's game vs. the Jets.

• Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette missed practice because of a strained right hamstring. Fournette tweaked his hamstring in the first half of last week's season-opening win over the Giants.

• Rams All-Pro kick returner Pharoh Cooper will go on injured reserve list after he severely sprained his ankle in the season opener.