In case anyone wondered - Kumerow had back surgery

[Beck Water]

https://buffalonews.com/sports/bills/back-surgery-not-ankle-injuries-responsible-for-bills-receiver-jake-kumerows-shortened-season/article_181816c8-9cdd-11ed-bc17-0f9fac7f9425.html#tncms-source=login

 

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On Monday, Kumerow revealed to The Buffalo News that he recently underwent a microdiscectomy to trim a disc that was making contact with nerves in his back.

 

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Kumerow battled through the back injury, and it was only during recovery for the second ankle injury that he was shut down.

“The ankle self-healed,” he said. "I was able to work on my ankle, but my back was hurting and I couldn’t get back to full speed with my ankle because my back was hurting. (The team) was, ‘All right, let’s try and get you right.’ ”

 

 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

1 minute ago, Beck Water said:

https://buffalonews.com/sports/bills/back-surgery-not-ankle-injuries-responsible-for-bills-receiver-jake-kumerows-shortened-season/article_181816c8-9cdd-11ed-bc17-0f9fac7f9425.html#tncms-source=login

 

 

 

 

I am sure the Bills are kicking themselves for letting Hodgins walk and instead keeping Kumerow, esp since he ended up with this injury and not playing. 

 

 

[thenorthremembers]

The Bills staff should be very proud of the way they handle injured players.   They seemingly never push players through injuries and take the right amount of time to get them back playing in a comfortable fashion. 

[Royale with Cheese]

I had the same surgery for the same reason.

[ClemsonBills]

Herniated discs suck

[hellofellowbillsfans]

Glad we kept him instead of Hodgins! 

Edited January 27, 2023 by BillsFanInRaleigh

[Gugny]

1 minute ago, Royale with Cheese said:

I had the same surgery for the same reason.

 

So are we supposed to call you TBD Jesus now?

[Royale with Cheese]

4 minutes ago, Gugny said:

 

So are we supposed to call you TBD Jesus now?

 

I don't have long hair.

[Beck Water]

16 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

I am sure the Bills are kicking themselves for letting Hodgins walk and instead keeping Kumerow, esp since he ended up with this injury and not playing.

 

I hope not. 

 

Not because I believe that in hindsight, given a do-over, they wouldn't prefer to have kept Hodgins than to elevate Tanner Gentry for Week 11 and 12 and bring John Brown off his sofa to the practice squad.   I'm sure they would.

 

But the only point of evaluating past decisions is to see if you should have made a different decision given the information you had at the time.  And I understand the logic of the Bills player prioritization, given the information they had at the time.

 

Kicking yourself serves no purpose. 

Edited January 27, 2023 by Beck Water

[Airseven]

I don't think anyone was wondering. I do hope he finds success on another team's ST unit next season.

[TheWeatherMan]

2 hours ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

I am sure the Bills are kicking themselves for letting Hodgins walk and instead keeping Kumerow, esp since he ended up with this injury and not playing. 

 

 

That’s okay because Aaron Rodgers really likes Kumerow and was pissed that he left.  

[John from Riverside]

I wish Kumar well wherever he ends up the bills definitely guessed wrong on the wide receiver to keep
 

And no, I don’t think it would’ve made a difference in the Bengals game. The problems were bigger than that.

[GolfandBills]

We need more special teams players.  Hope they sign more to multi million contracts 

[Rico]

2 hours ago, BillsFanInRaleigh said:

Glad we kept him instead of Hodgins! 

When in doubt, always dump the high-motor lunch-pailer. 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

2 hours ago, Beck Water said:

 

I hope not. 

 

Not because I believe that in hindsight, given a do-over, they wouldn't prefer to have kept Hodgins than to elevate Tanner Gentry for Week 11 and 12 and bring John Brown off his sofa to the practice squad.   I'm sure they would.

 

But the only point of evaluating past decisions is to see if you should have made a different decision given the information you had at the time.  And I understand the logic of the Bills player prioritization, given the information they had at the time.

 

Kicking yourself serves no purpose. 

It was a total blunder both then and after the fact. Kumerow offered nothing on offense. They prioritized ST over offense, and it was a foolish decision. It’s also not even like they didn’t know what they had in Hodgins— when he played the few times, he looked good. 
 

I love McBeane, but they make mistakes (as everyone does). This was a mistake. 

[bigK14094]

3 hours ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

I am sure the Bills are kicking themselves for letting Hodgins walk and instead keeping Kumerow, esp since he ended up with this injury and not playing. 

 

 

[SoCal Deek]

Who? Doesn’t ring a bell. 

[Don Otreply]

3 hours ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

I am sure the Bills are kicking themselves for letting Hodgins walk and instead keeping Kumerow, esp since he ended up with this injury and not playing. 

 

 

One would like to think so…, 

 

 

[msw2112]

Maybe Hodgins becomes Wyatt Teller 2.0.  We'll see.  He certainly played well for the Giants this season.

[Beck Water]

57 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

It was a total blunder both then and after the fact. Kumerow offered nothing on offense. They prioritized ST over offense, and it was a foolish decision. It’s also not even like they didn’t know what they had in Hodgins— when he played the few times, he looked good. 
 

I love McBeane, but they make mistakes (as everyone does). This was a mistake. 

 

I would just like to point out ....they prioritized a starter/key contributor on ST over the #5 WR on offense, because that would have been Hodgins role here.

 

As a basis for fact, in the 2 early season games where Kumerow saw substantial snaps, he had 4 receptions on 5 targets for 64 yds + ST

In the same time window, Hodgins saw 4 receptions on 6 targets for 41 yds. 

 

That's the comparator the Bills brain trust was looking at when they released Hodgins, not "offered nothing"

 

Again, I like Hodgins, I'm sure the Bills would prefer to have kept him, but Hodgins was playing 78% of the snaps for the Giants.  He would not have been playing that many snaps for the Bills, unless you swap him out for Gabe Davis.