Although undervalued in the NFL, running backs are a vital component of a game that cannot be understood without them. Since joining the Buffalo Bills, Nyheim Hines has been the team’s center of attention.
However, in a recent turn of events, the Bills are attacked with devastating news about their experienced running back prior to the start of the season. Hines is anticipated to be sidelined from the play owing to a significant injury, according to reports.
Bills’ RB Nyheim Hines reportedly out for this season due to knee injury
Nyheim was reportedly idling on a jet ski, according to the report. The player was then accidentally struck by another rider, which left him in critical condition. The 26-year-old sustained a “significant knee injury off-site,” despite the fact that it was not potentially fatal.
From @NFLTotalAccess: #Bills RB Nyheim Hines is expected to miss this season after a jet ski incident led to a major knee injury. pic.twitter.com/MbTyOpsuZr
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) July 24, 2023
It was not immediately obvious how and when he was harmed, but the Bills player will now have surgery to repair the injury, which will terminate his season. He’s also anticipated to miss the entire 2023 campaign. He only received 13 total touches in the previous season, which was below expectations for the team. The player’s injury has dashed the general manager Brandon Beane’s hopes of getting a fantastic performance from the player this season.
“I think it will be easier in an offseason to get in the whole playbook, get the feel. You kind of install a lot more things than you do in season. So, yeah, I mean, in a perfect world, would have loved to get him more touches and hopefully that will happen next season, ” Beane said before his injury.
What is Bill’s contract with Nyheim Hines?
By trading running back Zack Moss and a conditional sixth-round pick in 2023 to the Indianapolis Colts, the Buffalo Bills were able to get Hines. He was then scheduled to report to camp as the team’s lead kick and punt returner, and he finished the regular season with 16 punt returns and 19 kick returns.
His salary cap burden was reduced by the Buffalo Bills during the summer from $4.79 million to $3.5 million. Through the restructuring, the team will save roughly $1.3 million, and the player will also earn a $1 million signing bonus.
Hynes won over Bills supporters with his “storybook” performance in the first game after Damar Hamlin’s injury, but the team now needs to find a capable replacement.
