The Buffalo Bills have been without the services of their first-round pick cornerback Max Hairston. The Kentucky product suffered a knee injury in training camp that landed him on the PUP list and kept him out of at least the first four games of the season. However, the updates that head coach Sean McDermott provided didn't sound the least bit confident in a return to the field for Hairston anytime soon.
"He's working and moving in the right direction," McDermott said via Matt Parrino. "I don't know how many weeks it will be. You got to remember, now, Max has been out since whatever day or week in training camp. So all the physical part, yes, but also all the mental part of the playbook and those things. So right now it's, I think, lowering expectations and managing them and just taking it one day at a time and seeing when and if he can come back."
In addition, Joe Buscaglia added that McDermott hinted Hairston may not play at all.
"McDermott said 'when and if' Hairston returns," Buscaglia reports on X. "When asked to clarify whether 'if' meant there's a chance Hairston might not return in 2025, he said he didn't want to cast doubt, and the hope is he can, but they can't rule out anything."
Now, this could be the trademark overreacting that McDermott is certainly guilty of, but it's concerning nonetheless that it doesn't sound like Hairston will be taking the field in the near future.
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