I’m kind of Over the Hines Experiment

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

12 minutes ago, Big C said:

IDK he’s going for a record # of negative yards with this team so I say let’s let this thing play out.

Not sure about that— we will have to confirm that against Reggie Bush’s numbers. 

[Nelius]

Also saw a lot of “we gave up Zack Moss and picks for this!” etc in the GDT thread, as if there’s still hope for Zack Moss.

 

Zack Moss had 1 carry for 2 yards last game for Indy. Prior to that he had, wait for it…2 carries for 7 yards, a career high for his time in Indy. He’s very much Zack Moss. It was Hines for a late round draft pick, Moss is meaningless.

[TheBrownBear]

Bizarre thread.  Guy barely gets any touches. Read this and you'd think we've been force feeding him.

[Big C]

1 minute ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

Not sure about that— we will have to confirm that against Reggie Bush’s numbers. 

-3 for Bush, Hines already at -8 through 3 games but can he keep up the pace?

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

To be fair, on his two jet sweeps, one was a missed block and the other a bad read. I think they were both read-options. If Josh kept the second one, he runs up the middle for 10 yards. 

1 minute ago, Big C said:

-3 for Bush, Hines already at -8 through 3 games but can he keep up the pace?

haha— Bush really finished with minus 3!? That is great. 

[Cheektowaga Chad]

Those motions actually did some to open up the middle of the field for others 

[streetkings01]

It looked rough out there for Hines.

[Dopey]

I’d rather have him than Moss. 

[Playoffs?]

I want more Hines… but would like to see him used in the screen game. 
His number was called a couple times tonight in the running game. Seemed to be pretty much the same play.. and there was just nowhere to run. 
 

We’ve barely seen the guy play. 

[djp14150]

22 minutes ago, EmotionallyUnstable said:

Idk about ya’ll but I was excited about the additional of Nyheim Hines.

 

It seems they’ve slowly, and finally started to work him into the game plan. He was heavily involved early, and then McKenzie started to take over those snaps.

 

It seemed like every sweep, handoff, or target was sniffed out, or went no where. I wonder if there was some sort of formation tell, or they keyed into him based on personnel or usage, but it just flat out stunk.

 

I’m not a huge McKenzie guy, but age again had a solid game. 
 

Im kind of over this trade. Let him return kicks and get touches here and there, and revisit this in the off-season.

 

Singletary is my guy. Let’s let him and Cook take it the rest of the way. 

 

it hasn’t begun yet.

 

he’s the returner who gets 5 or so play snaps.  I do see him being used in play wrinkles,come playoffs.

[Straight Hucklebuck]

He made one play tonight, and at least we saw the return of misdirection motion presnap.
 

He was doing that a ton. 

[LABILLBACKER]

27 minutes ago, Simon said:

 

I think one of the things that makes Hines continue to feel intriguing is that Cook still really hasn't looked like a good ballcarrier yet.

He's a better passcatcher than Motor but unless he has a gaping hole right in front of him, he cant get into the second level.

Hines is probably even a better ballcatcher than Cook and if he can run into the 4 and 6 hole he might be a better option than the rookie right now

I'm not giving up on Hines. They'll figure out his niche on this offense.  He's been steady in the return game aside from tonight. 

[ToGoGo]

This is why I can't stand this board. 

[Saxum]

Frankly what Bills need is a big back.  They are signing backs which are mostly interchangeable although each has a different strengths or weaknesses.  It makes it easier to substitute players but reduces the possibilities.

[BobbyC81]

53 minutes ago, Big C said:

IDK he’s going for a record # of negative yards with this team so I say let’s let this thing play out.

Yeah, and the negative plays weren’t necessarily his fault.  Singletary runs for 8, Cook for 6.  Hines comes in and a defender is untouched and nails him for a loss.

[MJS]

All it takes is one injury for you to get right back on the Hines experiment train.

[jlgarsh]

The screen pass he took was great. Nice to have a back catch it out of the backfield. He'll get better each week

[K D]

He's playing like Reggie Bush did. He only gets the ball 2-3 times a game so he's trying to score a TD every play rather than get a nice 3-4 yards. He's pressing and it's leading to bad outcomes

[John from Riverside]

Still early
right now, what we do know if he gives us a dependable returner

[iccrewman112]

1 hour ago, Big C said:

IDK he’s going for a record # of negative yards with this team so I say let’s let this thing play out.

Reggie “Wendy’s” Spokesman says you can’t take my fries and you can’t take my negative yardage record.