 Nyora kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi waNdira 26, 2018, mushure mekunge maBill akaita yavo yekutanga playoff kubvira 1999, Wood akazivisa kuti akange akundikana kupera kwemwaka wechirwere uye aisazove achibvumidzwa kutamba nhabvu yehunyanzvi. Adam Schefter we ESPN akati chikonzero chekutadza kwepanyama, kukuvara kwemutsipa, kwaive kwakakonzerwa nekupfeka uye kubvaruka, asiwo chikamu che mamiriro ezvinhu akaoma Wood akazotaura kuti dhisiki pakati pechipiri neyechitatu vertebrae yakanga yasvika padyo padyo nemutsipa wake, iyo yaaifungidzira kuti yakaitika panguva yemutambo wevhiki 6 yemwaka wa2017. Wood akanga atamba mumwaka wose wa2017, achibata zvose zvinorwisa gore iroro pasina kurasikirwa nechimwe. Akanga aronga kumirira kusvikira pashure pePro Bowl ya2018kuzivisa kukuvadzwa; akanga asarudzwa somunhu anotsiva kumutambo uye haana kurangarira mugariro wake kuva chipingamupinyi chokutamba mumutambo. Nhau dzekukuvara dzakanga dzabuda mupepanhau mazuva maviri mutambo usati watanga, uye maPro Bowler maviri akasarudzwa pachinzvimbo cheAFC vese vakatamba mumutambo. Akasvika pakugadziriswa kwekukuvara neBills musi waMay 31, 2018, uye akasunungurwa zviri pamutemo. 