Is a future move to Safety possible for Tre White??

[Special K]

I’m not saying the Bills should do this now, but if the back to back serious injuries cause Tre to lose a step or two, would he be a candidate to move to Safety to extend his career??

 

 The Bills will be moving on from Hyde and Poyer soon enough.....Tre is a great ball-hawk, but could he tackle well enough to be a Safety??

 

Thoughts??

[Dablitzkrieg]

No, he's a horrible tackler

[Nextmanup]

Nah, he's probably played his last play in the league already.

 

Probably ditto for Hyde.

 

 

[sven233]

Yeah.....this is a tough one. While he has nice ball skills, he is an atrocious tackler.  If you don't want to ever use him as a box safety, and you just want him patrolling the back end, I think he could probably do something like that.  But in today's NFL, you want safeties that can creep up and be that extra tackler in the box and he has just never shown that he is a good enough tackler to do that.  Would be a tough ask, I think, to have him convert unfortunately.

[Buddy Hix]

Tre is scared of contact, wouldn’t work

[Low Positive]

10 minutes ago, Nextmanup said:

Nah, he's probably played his last play in the league already.

 

Probably ditto for Hyde.

 

 

Hyde was a full participant in practice on Friday and doesn’t have a designation so all indications is that he’ll play tomorrow.

[Special K]

15 minutes ago, Dablitzkrieg said:

No, he's a horrible tackler

 

7 minutes ago, sven233 said:

Yeah.....this is a tough one. While he has nice ball skills, he is an atrocious tackler.  If you don't want to ever use him as a box safety, and you just want him patrolling the back end, I think he could probably do something like that.  But in today's NFL, you want safeties that can creep up and be that extra tackler in the box and he has just never shown that he is a good enough tackler to do that.  Would be a tough ask, I think, to have him convert unfortunately.

 

6 minutes ago, Buddy Hix said:

Tre is scared of contact, wouldn’t work

 

 

Yeah, I was thinking tackling would be the issue.....its a shame how old and slow the Bills once dominant secondary has become.

[Gugny]

He can safely make his way toward the exit and climb into the Brinks truck Beane gifted him. 

[thenorthremembers]

I think you could very well see a much different secondary for Buffalo next year.  I dont expect White, Hyde, or Dane Jackson to be back.

[JMM]

No, he's a pure corner who is not a big hitter and not a great tackler. Frankly with those 2 serious injuries I doubt he plays again, and the Bills should make an injury settlement a priority with him and move on.

[Aussie Joe]

No…very unlikely …

 

He is not physical enough..

[CaliBills]

Hyde, Tre, Poyer are difficult to replace 2 years ago.  Last year/this year it is definitely easier due to age/injury

[SoonerBillsFan]

45 minutes ago, Nextmanup said:

Nah, he's probably played his last play in the league already.

 

Probably ditto for Hyde.

 

 

And Poyer. As for as white is concerned, and ACL is one thing,but an Achilles is a whole other deal.

[Ethan in Cleveland]

I suggested this two years ago afyer the knee injury and got flamed. He actually was playing ok at CB this year.

My hunch is his career is over. Certainly over with the Bills. 

 

[MPL]

Wait, I thought we were moving Benford to safety...

[uticaclub]

41 minutes ago, Gugny said:

He can safely make his way toward the exit and climb into the Brinks truck Beane gifted him. 

He earned his contract, the injuries are unfortunate. He was a top lock down corner befor Stinksgiving 2021

6 minutes ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:

I suggested this two years ago afyer the knee injury and got flamed. He actually was playing ok at CB this year.

My hunch is his career is over. Certainly over with the Bills. 

 

Ahhh Zach Wilson, Jimmy G & Sam Howells 3rd start. He struggled in camp

[Saint Doug]

Getting White’s contract off the books >>>> Turning White into a safety 

[Prospector]

1 hour ago, Nextmanup said:

Nah, he's probably played his last play in the league already.

 

Probably ditto for Hyde.

 

 

The thumbs up wasn’t meant that I like the comment, rather that I think it’s probably true. They are both gonna be back up quality when/if they return

[BillsFanForever19]

Nope. They can get out from under his contract after this season and they almost have to at this point. For the sake of our salary cap situation and for the sake of there being no logic in paying him what he's owed in the condition that he's in.

 

It's a sad situation but it's a no brainier business decision. The only way he returns is if they release him from his deal and then bring him back under a 1 year minimum, incentive laden deal as a try out to see if he even can play again.

Edited November 19, 2023 by BillsFanForever19

[Thrivefourfive]

Tackling, willingness to chase and tackle, blasting forward to make tackles.

 

At safety, great ball skills are more useful than coverage ability. You run to a spot and play the ball. At CB, you run with you guy and deny his chances to get open. 
 

This is never going to happen. Time to move on with it.