Hines out for the year

[Chandler#81]

3 hours ago, 17islongenough said:

 

Hit the road Mr. Blowjangles. Wrong site for you. 😡
 

As for Nyheim, this is terrible news! There goes our return game.🤬

[damj]

1 hour ago, wppete said:

So how does the CAP work with injuries? If he is out for the whole season does that free up his $$$ on the salary cap? 

They have to cut him

[Andrew Son]

2 minutes ago, Beck Water said:

 

It was a trade for a KR/PR. 

Fans got all excited like we'd signed our own budget Christian McCaffery, but KR/PR was an obvious gap at the time of the Hines trade.

Hines had been like a top 5 pass catching RB since 2018.  He was more than just a returner.  

[MasterStrategist]

1 minute ago, Beck Water said:

 

It was a trade for a KR/PR. 

Fans got all excited like we'd signed our own budget Christian McCaffery, but KR/PR was an obvious gap at the time of the Hines trade.

Agree, but I think Beane envisioned using him more often (per his comments) and the resources used.

 

It's not a big strike against Beane, just curious is all.  I think Dorsey had too much on his plate finding ways to get all the playmakers involved, plus Josh' injury.

 

Either way, I think Mims can be a useful RB and not nearly as dynamic in the return game but OK as a kick returner.  Harty at PR, and/or Shakir.

[Chandler#81]

1 hour ago, Clyde Smith said:

Probably cause their field turf is trash. That's where we lost Tre and Von.

Tre was hurt at KC

[dave mcbride]

31 minutes ago, ScottLaw said:

Are these total fumbles? Or fumbles lost?….either way confirms what I said, Harty is a McKenzie clone(and actually worse) in the return game. Not good. 

Total fumbles -- both those lost and those recovered. Once a fumble occurs, it is essentially a crapshoot -- close to a 50/50 flip of the coin -- with regard to who recovers.

Just now, Chandler#81 said:

Tre was hurt at KC

No, he was hurt in New Orleans on Thanksgiving night.

[SCBills]

1 minute ago, MasterStrategist said:

Agree, but I think Beane envisioned using him more often (per his comments) and the resources used.

 

It's not a big strike against Beane, just curious is all.  I think Dorsey had too much on his plate finding ways to get all the playmakers involved, plus Josh' injury.

 

Either way, I think Mims can be a useful RB and not nearly as dynamic in the return game but OK as a kick returner.  Harty at PR, and/or Shakir.

Yea, in fairness, if Allen’s injury truly limited his ability/accuracy to throw short … that would clearly affect the RB passing game. 
 

Im just to the point where I want a defined offense with punch, counter punch and an effective jab.  
 

We have way too many options, and outside Diggs, none of them elite/game-breaking… yet. 
 

Figure out the run scheme.. stop being game specific.  It’s ridiculous. 
 

Pass catching RB’s, multiple TE’s.. ok…

 

How about we just have solid RB play and focus on making sure our true investments at TE pay off this year?  There’s our punch (Diggs/Davis) counter punch (Knox/Kincaid) and a power run game with Cook/Harris/Murray & improved OL (effective jab) 

 

I never needed to see how we integrate yet another random player into the offense with Hines. 

[BuffaloBillyG]

9 minutes ago, Beck Water said:

 

It was a trade for a KR/PR. 

Fans got all excited like we'd signed our own budget Christian McCaffery, but KR/PR was an obvious gap at the time of the Hines trade.

I agree with what you're saying about the gap in KR. However listening to Beane after the trade would indicate that he viewed the move as more than that.

 

Have to remember at the time of the trade they were still a bit slow bringing Cook along. My opinion is that he was brought in to replace Cook's snaps late in the season had Cook not stepped it up and showed he could progress. And to his credit he did.

[Irv]

That's it.  Now we really need to sign Hopkins.  

[damj]

1 hour ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

Anyone know if the Bills had interest in JD McKissic? I wonder if the Bills would ever try to sign him.

No

 

Fool me once, shame on you

Fool me twice, shame on me

[TheBrownBear]

Ah man, that really sucks for Hines.  Great returner and seems like a good dude.  Seems to set up Harty and Cook for more defined roles as returners (Harty) and pass catchers (Cook).  And while you never want to lose a guy to a season ending injury, before training camp even begins, is probably the best scenario since you have max time to adjust to the loss.

[Thurman#1]

2 hours ago, MWK said:

 

You clearly don’t know that the kickoff rules changed to make it much less likely a return will happen

 

 

Let's not kid ourselves that we know for sure how this will turn out. It could indeed work out that way. Or it could end up being maybe 20% less returns, and a 20% increase in yards per return becauses teams haven't stocked the kickoff defenses well, thinking they wouldn't need them.

 

We just don't know yet. 

[dave mcbride]

1 hour ago, Beck Water said:

 

People in this thread are saying this, but it's not quite what the stats record.

Can you explain?

Now we know that all of Harty's fumbles/muffs came on ST plays, we can do the math: 9 fumbles on 193 touches (152 returns plus 41 fair catches: https://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/player-stat/punt-return-faircatches?season_id=20). That's a 4.7 percent fumble rate, which is awfully high. It basically works to a fumble on a special teams play ever couple of games (assuming 4-5 kickoff opportunities and 5 or punt return opportunities). 

Edited July 24, 2023 by dave mcbride

[RiotAct]

2 hours ago, T&C said:

He will.

Sal Capaccio 🏈
@SalSports
Other than the $340K in game-roster bonuses, Hines $3.5M cap hit will still count for 2023. So still looking at $3.16M.

of course it will.

[loyal2dagame]

Good thing we still have a threat at running back named Allen.

[NewEra]

42 minutes ago, Shaw66 said:

I'm with you.  McKenzie always was a problem back there.   Give me Hyde fair catching every ball and put the offense on the field.  Actually, I don't want to risk him back there.  For my money, right now, it's Shakir with very strict instructions.  

👍🏻 

 

I was kidding about Hyde…. But it seems like Harty and Shakir are the only real options atm.  
 

espn depth chart currently says Shakir on punts and Cook on kicks. 

[ndirish1978]

With the new kickoff rules everyone should just be fair catching every single play anyway

[TheElectricCompany72]

So is the AJ Dillon rumor gonna become a reality now?

[Matt_In_NH]

1 hour ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

Yes, but hardly the impact that you implied in your original point. $1.5M in dead cap these days is equivalent to buying an extra can of tuna fish at the store and blaming that on the reason your grocery bill is $80 more.

 

I did not agree with the restructure, but I am just a guy on the internet, now it costs you more than the 1.5M since he is injured....actually might depend on his contract language about things like jet skiiing.  ANyway, 1.5M dead cap for a backup to the backup running back is excessive IMO.

[Scott7975]

That sucks.  He was good on returns.