Micah Hyde is BACK- Signed to PS

[boyst]

1 minute ago, Andrew Son said:

Hopefully he moves in with Cole Bishop for the rest of the season.

That's one way to work on getting a ring

[Low Positive]

13 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

 

Hamlin is one of the best tacklers on the team and a big reason why the Bills have the best tackling secondary in the NFL on passes.

People's opinions on Hamlin were formed last year and they are now set in stone. A tale as old as human history

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Once a human intellect has adopted an opinion (either as something it likes or as something generally accepted), it draws everything else in to confirm and support it. Even if there are more and stronger instances against it than there are in its favor, the intellect either overlooks these or treats them as negligible or does some line-drawing that lets it shift them out of the way and reject them.

 

-Sir Francis Bacon, 1620

 

 

[Back2Buff]

8 minutes ago, Flip Johnson said:

Whatever you think about Hamlin, Micah Hyde didn't leave San Diego and come back to Buffalo in December to run around on the practice squad and be ready in case someone gets hurt.

 

He will be starting at safety in the playoffs.

 

I highly doubt it.  McDermott just said you will see very little of Hyde.  I dont think the team has been happy with Bishop.  I would bet this is insurance for Hamlin.

[DabillsDaBillsDaBills]

Hate it. There's a reason no other team in the NFL signed Hyde this season. 

 

Why is this org so obsessed with bringing back old, washed-up former Bills players after they've been sitting on their couch for most of the season?

 

Didn't work when we brought Cole Beasley back.

 

Didn't work when we brought John Brown back. 

 

Didn't work when we brought AJ Klein back. 

 

Those guys had no business being on the field in playoff games and were an active detriment to the team. I still have PTSD from watching Klein try to cover Kelce. 

 

 

[Andrew Son]

1 minute ago, Back2Buff said:

 

I highly doubt it.  McDermott just said you will see very little of Hyde.  I dont think the team has been happy with Bishop.  I would bet this is insurance for Hamlin.

LOL, yeah, I'm sure that's what he said

[boyst]

Just now, DabillsDaBillsDaBills said:

Hate it. There's a reason no other team in the NFL signed Hyde this season. 

 

Why is this org so obsessed with bringing back old, washed-up former Bills players after they've been sitting on their couch for most of the season?

 

Didn't work when we brought Cole Beasley back.

 

Didn't work when we brought John Brown back. 

 

Didn't work when we brought AJ Klein back. 

 

Those guys had no business being on the field in playoff games and were an active detriment to the team. I still have PTSD from watching Klein try to cover Kelce. 

 

 

He flat out said he wouldn't play for another team. There were reported offers, also. Other teams fans, pages, sports folks, etc. listed him as a target for their teams.

 

Poyer is far more cooked. Hyde isn't. Hyde has always taken care of himself and protected himself. Poyer, as a contrast, did not. Drug and alcohol abuse, party lifestyle - I'll give a lot of credit and tip my hat to Po for turning his life around but that stuff took a toll.

[TNBills]

1 minute ago, DabillsDaBillsDaBills said:

Hate it. There's a reason no other team in the NFL signed Hyde this season. 

 

Why is this org so obsessed with bringing back old, washed-up former Bills players after they've been sitting on their couch for most of the season?

 

Didn't work when we brought Cole Beasley back.

 

Didn't work when we brought John Brown back. 

 

Didn't work when we brought AJ Klein back. 

 

Those guys had no business being on the field in playoff games and were an active detriment to the team. I still have PTSD from watching Klein try to cover Kelce. 

 

 

Not the way it went down. Hyde said from the beginning it was Bills or nobody this year. 

[boyst]

3 minutes ago, Back2Buff said:

 

I highly doubt it.  McDermott just said you will see very little of Hyde.  I dont think the team has been happy with Bishop.  I would bet this is insurance for Hamlin.

In this defense safety takes a long time to develop. The entire DB scheming is complex. It took years for Lewis to get it, Hamlin has been in it 3 years and getting better weekly. Let's wait on Bishop. 

[NickelCity]

I don't think they trust Bishop to back up Hamlin in the playoffs this year. To @boyst's point, Bishop has plenty of time to learn and develop.

Edited December 4 by NickelCity

[boyst]

Just now, NickelCity said:

I don't think they trust Bishop to back up Hamlin in the playoffs.

And Hamlin has been taking some hits with these tackles. 

[finn]

57 minutes ago, FireChans said:

What number does he get??

Evidently, the Bills saved his number and locker (in a coveted spot). McBeane was probably planning this move all along. 

[Not at the table Karlos]

51 minutes ago, turbo044 said:

Nope - Poyer looked shot last year, Hyde still looked good

Hyde looked to be at start of decline as well. He’d also hurt his surgically repaired neck pretty often. That being said he’s most likely better than Hamlin 

[boyst]

1 minute ago, NickelCity said:

I don't think they trust Bishop to back up Hamlin in the playoffs this year. To @boyst's point, Bishop has plenty of time to learn and develop.

And Lewis is now too valuable as a dime and nickel backup. Otherwise it was Lewis as his backup. 

[Andrew Son]

1 minute ago, NickelCity said:

I don't think they trust Bishop to back up Hamlin in the playoffs this year. To @boyst's point, Bishop has plenty of time to learn and develop.

Either way, they're going to have to get him some live snaps if he's even going to be a primary backup.

 

But the situation couldn't be better to do that with our position in the division and our final three opponents.

[vtnatefootball11]

1 minute ago, DabillsDaBillsDaBills said:

Hate it. There's a reason no other team in the NFL signed Hyde this season. 

 

Why is this org so obsessed with bringing back old, washed-up former Bills players after they've been sitting on their couch for most of the season?

 

Didn't work when we brought Cole Beasley back.

 

Didn't work when we brought John Brown back. 

 

Didn't work when we brought AJ Klein back. 

 

Those guys had no business being on the field in playoff games and were an active detriment to the team. I still have PTSD from watching Klein try to cover Kelce. 

 

 

 

I hear you to an extent, and I was adamantly against brining Klein/John Brown back. BUT Hyde is a different case. He still looked good last year. Other NFL teams would have been interested in signing him, but he made it clear that he would only re-sign with the bills if he came out of retirement. His body/neck needed a break but he should be fresh now. Once he works off the rust, he will be an upgrade over Hamlin and start alongside Rapp for the playoffs. Hamlin is not a starting caliber player, period, and is hurting our pass coverage. Cole Bishop appears to need more time to acclimate in this defense (I'm hoping similar to Benard his rookie year). Hyde, once up to speed, should provide a safe reliable upgrade at starting safety the rest of the way. 

[Stretch]

I am surprised how many people here think he won’t be starting over Hamlin before the end of the season.

[Back2Buff]

7 minutes ago, Andrew Son said:

LOL, yeah, I'm sure that's what he said

 

The first question with the signing of Hyde is the role he'll have on the team. The safety duo of Damar Hamlin and Taylor Rapp has been a success, so opting to shake that up as a 10-2 team in the stretch run before the playoffs would seem like an odd choice. McDermott was quick to address it.

"I say this respectfully, very little," McDermott said when asked what the expectations should be of Hyde. "We're in a good spot, you know, very confident in the guys that have played there all season long, and done it, done both. They're done a nice job, as I said a few minutes ago. 'Very little' from the standpoint of just managing expectations, is why I'm saying that, right? 'Very little' from, hey, 'you're going to come in and you're going to play and you're going to help,' no, let's just take it one day at a time, and let's, number one, make sure everybody understands what his role is right now, and we'll just see. We'll just take it one day at a time.

 

Bills' head coach Sean McDermott answers burning questions about the return of Micah Hyde and his role on the team (atozsports.com)

[wppete]

Couldn’t any team claim him off the practice roster now? How does it work? 

[Back2Buff]

Just now, wppete said:

Couldn’t any team claim him off the practice roster now? How does it work? 

 

The player has to agree to sign with that team.  Lots of guys over the years and this year have stuck on the PS of buffalo vs a role on the 53 with another team.

[MasterStrategist]

Obviously alot of reasons to like the signing (below is my order of top reasons):

 

1. Mentor for Bishop.  Playing safety in our scheme, is a difficult task.  No one better than Hyde to pass along his knowledge

 

2. Valuable depth.  Lewis is a valuable chess piece, but best in his dime role.  Bishop is still learning the ropes as a rookie.  I think Hyde slots in perfectly for the break glass moment, if both Hamlin and Rapp go down.  Perhaps he exceeds that expectation, and is our #3 come playoffs.  I just don't see how they bench Hamlin right now.  He's doing his 1/11th

 

3. Locker room presence.  Another ex captain, team leader.  Micah's leadership and commaderie with most of this team, will only help.

 

4. Another coach on gamedays.  Even if inactive, you'll see #23 very vocal/helping defense off the field

 

Micah reasons (my guess, until we hear an interview):

 

1. Super Bowl.  For a player that's never been and poured alot into this franchise, have to think this is the #1 reason (seeing what we've done to this point, SB aspirations are just as high as recent years)

 

2. Commaderie/Miss the game.  Self explanatory, especially for anyone who has played and feels they have something left in the tank--- remembering biggest hindrance with Micah has been his neck issues

 

3. Coaching.  Does Micah have aspirations to be a coach in the future?  Who knows.  But he's coming back and that might be part of his role for the time being, as he gets into game shape.