2010 Week 9

[Don Wassall]

Patrick,

So, that's the take, Hillis was running against a bad Pat D. We'll see about that come Sunday when they play the jets. It'll be interesting what'll be said when he runs wild against the jets too.

I would agree - if he didn't also put up 144 yards against the great run D of the Baltimore Ravens.

I understand that is the stance they are taking but this is his third 100+ yard game of the season and the Pats haven't given up that many running yards in 8 years - andthis same defense has faced LT and AP this season who the media LOVE.

I guess I just don't understand how they can ignore him so obviously and get away with it. The only thing I can say now is that at least Hillis has created a situation where people at least look at him as the "back of the future" for the Browns so as long as he's healthy he should have an opportunity to continue putting up numbers. And if Colt continues progressing and Browns opponents have to respect the pass more and more that will really begin opening it up for Hillis.

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"Sometimes when you look at a rising star, you begin to wonder if it's not actually rising and if it was always there to begin with. Well, Peyton Hillis is one such case. Underrated due to the truly horrific play of Seneca Wallace and Jake Delhomme, Hillis has nonetheless performed demonstratively above league-average since his breakout early in the season. With the infinitely more versatile Colt McCoy now running the show, Eric Mangini has been slowly adding new wrinkles and formations to the offense, giving the Browns a credible and unpredictable passing threat -- can't remember the last time I typed that -- and as a result, more room for Hillis to pound the ball up the gut. The Browns face the Jets this week, who are a bit of an overrated defensive entity outside of Revis Island. If McCoy can attack the Jets' weak spots, particularly pass defense against WR2/WR3 (#24 and #29, respectively), he'll be able to keep the Jets' linebackers off-balace enough to give Hillis a good shot at finding holes and getting yards the tough way."
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[Patrick]

The last gasp of highlights for week 9 was just aired on the NFL network - top 10 plays from week 9 - in a game where Peyton Hillis hurdled a Patriots linebacker on his way to 184 rushing yards and 220 total yards in the most rushing yards by a back against the Patriots defense in a single game in 8 years there were two highlights from the Patriots - Browns game - where Gronkowski deflected the ball from Brady in the endzone and Hernandez caught it and then the #1 play of the week - where Chansi Stuckey ran the ball in for a TD.
Tell me AP goes 184 yards in a game against any defense in the league and the NFL shows 2 clipsin the top ten of the week from that game and he isn't featured in either play. Edited by: Patrick

 

[ToughJ.Riggins]

Good post and yet more evidence. It would probably take a book more than 100 times the size of the bible- to document each athlete, media and highlight discrimination case. Heck, if you throw in racist DWF comments watching games and on the internet the book might stack up against Mount Everest!