Max Hairston to return to practice from IR

[HappyDays]

No joke, McDermott saying "we'll see" is about as positive a comment as you could get from him regarding Hairston's return. I thought we were at least two weeks away from activating him off IR. We do have two open roster spots right now so maybe...

 

Edited 12 hours ago by HappyDays

[SCBills]

If we somehow come out of the bye with Hancock and Hairston out there playing meaningful snaps, ill be pleasantly surprised .. and the vibes around the team make that sound like a legit possibility. 
 

 

Edited 11 hours ago by SCBills

[KOKBILLS]

7 minutes ago, SCBills said:

If we somehow come out of the bye with Hancock and Hairston out there playing meaningful snaps, ill be pleasantly surprised .. and the vibes around the team make that sound like a legit possibility. 
 

 

 

Desperate times call for desperate measures... 

[Ethan in Cleveland]

At first I was thinking keep him on IR until the Dolphins. After hearing his interview earlier this week, he looks ready to play now. 

He should be active and rotate with White this week. 

 

Oh and let him run a jet sweep! 

[D. L. Hot-Flamethrower]

4 minutes ago, KOKBILLS said:

 

Desperate times call for desperate measures... 

It's not that desperate. Teams play rookies in the secondary all the time and they succeed. If you're someone that values athleticism it's not all that bad in the secondary.What's surprising is McD actually trying it.

[KOKBILLS]

1 minute ago, D. L. Hot-Flamethrower said:

It's not that desperate. Teams play rookies in the secondary all the time and they succeed. If you're someone that values athleticism it's not all that bad in the secondary.What's surprising is McD actually trying it.

 

It's sarcasm...

[Allen2Moulds]

That really is as optimistic as it gets, all things considered. Makes me think it's more likely he makes it back in time for the KC game, if he's already this close. 

[SoonerBillsFan]

1 hour ago, Big Turk said:

 

It's not a daily thing, it's just very situationally as needed....maybe once every few months or so

I'd still get it checked.

[BillsFanForever19]

21 hours ago, ganesh said:

Fair point; though we know what we have in those two and that may not be good enough

 

They've been with the team and the playbook since OTA's. More importantly, it's not like there's much better options on other teams Practice Squads either.

 

Boundary CB is a premium position. We're far from the only team in need of a good CB. If there were starting quality CB's just sitting on other teams Squads, they'd have been poached long ago.

 

If they feel Hairston can't be the answer this season or they want some insurance for him, maybe they make a Trade for a CB. Outside of that, I wouldn't expect any moves outside of the organization that would be rostered.

 

As for Hairston, McDermott's message remains the same. "Manage expectations", "he's missed a lot of time", "one day at a time". It's gonna be a while before they think about giving him a heavy load:

 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by BillsFanForever19

[In Summary]

If Hairston played even 5 snaps I'd celebrate. 

[BillsFanForever19]

15 minutes ago, In Summary said:

If Hairston played even 5 snaps I'd celebrate. 

 

Won't happen this week. The roster spots will go to Jordan Poyer (to fill in for the losses of Rapp and Hamlin at Safety) and either Zion Logue or Phidarian Mathis (most likely Logue, to fill in behind Walker at 1T with the loss of Daquan). 

 

I put it at a 0.5% chance that they'll stick him on the field after just 3 practices. And i'd say it's 50/50 that he sees the field next week.

[BigDingus]

We need Hairston to be a great CB if we want to have any hope of making a Super Bowl.

 

We also need him to fill in at Safety...

 

And LB...

 

And WR...

 

You think he could call plays as well?