I don't think either are really all that different than they were here. Hayward is just less injured in the sunny CA sun than here and he wasn't in his first 3 years, experience does help. and Hyde too. I think he's almost exactly the same player in a slightly different role and outside of a really fast start for the Bills, he's been largely what he was in GB.
it was time for Dom to go, but for anyone fooling themselves into thinking he doesn't know defensive football, 2 teams currently regarded as having really good defenses in this league today have saw fit to bring him on board.
Now if he has to play in NFCCG's in MN without a couple starting linebackers, lose some DB's and safeties in the game, miss a Dlineman or 2 etc, they'll likely have the same results. and speaking of Hyde in that 2013 playoffs against the 49ers, the then rookie dropped an INT with a chance to return it for the go ahead TD in a 20-20 tie with around 4 minutes left in the game. Even if he hadn't scored, we were practically in go ahead FG range right there. Instead he dropped it and the 9ers go down and kick the game winning FG.
In a game we went to battle in with stalwarts like Mike Neal, Andy Mulumba, MD Jennings and Jarrett Bush as starters. We then lost neal and Mulumba too, along with same shields. I'm not sure we even had an OLB left on the field in that game. Every one remembers the defense gave up the winning score, but they don't remember the details of what was out there either. He wasn't all roses that's for sure, but he sure was dealt some **** hands to deal with in crunch time too.
