Payments’ Nyheim Hines will miss complete season after freak Jet Ski accident

Nyheim Hines may need to lay off on the sea-faring actions for fairly a while.

The Payments’ operating again will miss everything of the 2023 season with a knee harm he suffered whereas he was on a Jet Ski, per NFL Network.

The report mentioned Hines was “sitting stationary” on a Jet Ski when one other rider struck him and he sustained critical, however not life-threatening accidents that can require surgical procedure and drive him to overlook all the upcoming marketing campaign.

The Payments acquired Hines, 26, for Zack Moss and a fifth-round choose in a midseason commerce final yr with the Colts,

Hines was not often utilized in a crowded Buffalo offense.

He received simply six makes an attempt on the bottom and caught 5 passes over 9 regular-season video games final yr.

However the versatile speedster was an essential particular groups presence for the Payments, typically serving as a kick and punt returner and recording an unforgettable kick-return touchdown within the group’s first recreation since Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field.

Hines raced down the sector on the Payments’ first play of the sport in opposition to the Patriots to file a 96-yard kick return landing in an emotional scene in Buffalo.

He added one other kick return landing later that recreation to assist energy the Payments to a 35-23 win over their division rivals.

Hines had beforehand performed 4 and a half years in Indianapolis, the place he largely served as a backup to Marlon Mack and Jonathan Taylor, typically utilized as a pass-catching risk out of the backfield.

The Payments reworked their operating again room over the summer season, opting to jettison veteran Devin Singletary and signing Damien Harris and Latavius Murray to enhance second-year again James Prepare dinner.

Buffalo reworked Hines’ contract this offseason in order that the operating again would have only a $3.5 million cap hit this yr and a $5.5 million hit subsequent yr.