Head coach Sean McDermott said that Phillips won't play Sunday against the Browns due to an ankle injury he suffered in the team's Week 15 win over the Patriots, Alec White of the Bills' official site reports.
Phillips was hurt in the first half of Sunday's win, during which he took nine defensive snaps but didn't record any counting statistics. While the veteran defensive tackle is more of a rotational player at this stage of his career, it's yet another hit for a defensive line that is already without Ed Oliver (biceps), Michael Hoecht (Achilles), DeWayne Carter (Achilles) and Landon Jackson (knee).