The Bills have signed safety Micah Hyde, according to a team announcement. Within the release, they also announced the signing of fellow safety Jordan Poyer, formerly of Cleveland. Hyde will receive $30MM over a five-year term, with the chance to earn as much as $32.5MM, tweets Ian Rapoport of NFL.com. $14MM is guaranteed.
Hyde had spent his entire four-year career in Green Bay, though its interest in bringing him back for a fifth season never seemed all that high. The team may have not even made Hyde an offer. If the 26-year-old’s career with the Packers is over, it’ll end with 63 regular-season appearances out of a possible 64, 33 starts, eight interceptions, five forced fumbles and four sacks.
Hyde is coming off a 16-game, 11-start season, in which he tied a career high with three picks and ranked a decent 53rd among Pro Football Focus’ 112 qualified cornerbacks. Hyde also has experience at safety, so his track record of versatility, productivity and durability should enable him to land an appreciable raise over his $1.671MM base salary from 2016.
Hyde was among my Top 50 Free Agents, a list built on projected earning power.
Solid player, good luck with bills.
Gonna miss him in Green Bay
Ooh good sign. I had him pegged as the guy Bill brought in in the event Ryan left and he flipped Butler for Cooks.
Hate to see him go.
He’s got fantastic ball skills but I sense the Pack need to funnel money into cover Corners with Shields sadly concussed and the regressions of Randall and Rollins.
Great dude great jack-of-all-trades who’ll fit perfectly into an already strong Bills D.