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Thrashen said:
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Jesus, I'm becoming almost as big a fan of Mangini as I am of Hillis--who has become my favorite player ever.


Agreed. His game plan against the Saints was very good. In this 30-year long Caste Ruse, it takes a lot of courage for a coach to make a white athlete his starting running back, no matter how talented he is.
I'm on board too, gentlemen. Let's also not forget Mangini was the Jets head coach when they brought in Woodhead immediately after the draft ended. Due to Danny's injury in his 1st season, we will never know the opportunity he may have received under Mangini.
 

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it seems the Browns fans have fallen in love with Hillis. check out the results of this poll.
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Jimmy Chitwood said:
it seems the Browns fans have fallen in love with Hillis. check out the results of this poll.
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Awesome...I voted for Hillis as well.
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Dixie what does WPWW mean? And congrats to Hillis for a spectacular game. I missed due to working at nights.
 

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ESPN just teased prior to going to commerical that Hillis went off on the Pats.
 

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So far Peyton is the leading rusher with 184 yards for the week. Foster is second. Man, I wish Toby would have went to Texas. He is so much better than Foster, and yet Foster is having a great year.
 

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I wrote this in another thread, but I think such a great season deserves multiple mentions here. Peyton Hillis now has more 100 yard games in one season (3) than any White back
since Craig James in 1985. James had 4 in the '85 regular season and 2
in the playoffs.
 

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Westside said:
So far Peyton is the leading rusher with 184 yards for the week. Foster is second. Man, I wish Toby would have went to Texas. He is so much better than Foster, and yet Foster is having a great year.

Foster is a very good running back. It isn't a fluke that he's leading the NFL in rushing.
 

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Hillis is awesome. He's obviously very tough mentally to go along with his physical talents.He's really seized his opportunities in spite of the (psychological) baggage that goes with being the rare White running back. I mentioned it last week, that I think Hillis will help Gerhart quite a bit in running with confidence, and all other White RBs at all levels of competition.
 

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Some interesting and impressive facts about Hillis from ESPN -

Peyton Hillis rushed for 184 yards against the Patriots. That's the most rush yards gained by a player against the Patriots since Ricky Williams rushed for 185 yards on December 29, 2002.

Of his 29 carries, Peyton Hillis ran the ball 21 times for 133 yards and a touchdown on attempts between the tackles against the Patriots on Sunday (72.4 percent). Entering Week 9, only 49ers RB Frank Gore (69.5) had a higher percentage of his carries go up the middle than Hillis (65.4).

Browns RB Peyton Hillis carried the ball six times for 59 yards (9.8 yds per carry) and a touchdown on Sunday when the Patriots had eight or more defenders in the box. Entering Week 9, the Patriots had allowed only 1.3 yards per carry with eight in the box, fourth-best in the NFL. Hillis also rushed for three first downs in those situations, half the total that the Patriots had allowed in their first seven games this season (6).
 
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From the Plain Dealer:

CLEVELAND, Ohio â€" The first thing Patriots coach Bill Belichick did after shaking Browns coach Eric Mangini's hand following Cleveland's 34-14 upset was seek out running back Peyton Hillis to comment on his stunning performance.

"He just said, 'Congratulations. I was impressed with you,' " Hillis said. "When you get a compliment like that from a great coach, it actually means something. Coming from a small town in Arkansas, growing up and watching this when you were a kid, it's just mesmerizing that you actually get to do it."

Hillis rushed for a career-high 184 yards on 29 carries and tied a career-high with two touchdowns. His 184 yards marked the ninth-highest total ever against the Patriots and the most since Ricky Williams rushed for 185 yards against them on Dec. 29, 2002.

"With Peyton, what we get is a guy who's going to run perfect footwork, he's going to run hard and he's going to run over people," said Browns left tackle Joe Thomas. "If we give him just a little crack, we know he's going to run guys over and get 4 yards minimum. As the defense wears down, he just gets stronger. In the fourth quarter, it's unstoppable."

Hillis, who averaged 6.3 yards, ran for 111 yards in the second half, keeping Patriots quarterback Tom Brady off the field. The Browns had the ball for 20:47 in the second half to the Patriots' 9:13. On the Browns' second-to-last drive, Hillis ran six times for 60 yards, including a 35-yard TD with 2:38 remaining that produced the final margin.

"Peyton's the best," said Browns quarterback Colt McCoy. "Him and I are really close, but at the same time, the guy's a heck of a football player. He understands the game. Things like this go unnoticed, but at the end of the game, he stays inbounds twice with a stiff-arm, getting the first down, keeping the clock rolling.

"Then all of a sudden, we hit a big one. He fires up the offensive line, the sideline gets fired up, the fans get fired up. It all starts with him. He played great."

Hillis began the game by hurdling Patriots safety James Sanders for extra yards on an 18-yard run. It led to a field goal and set the tone for his plowing through defenders and dragging them for extra yards.

On the Browns' second drive, after they recovered a fumble, Hillis smashed through the pile for a 2-yard TD that made it 10-0.

"The offensive line did a nice job today," Hillis said. "I couldn't have done it without those guys. They're opening up holes, and our coaches did a great job this week. We were expecting everything they were going to do."

On the Browns' third drive, Hillis bulldozed his way for 16 yards when linebacker Jerod Mayo ripped the ball out -- Hillis' fourth fumble of the season. Fortunately for Hillis, the defense forced a punt. The Browns came back to him on their next play, and he delivered the rest of the game.

"Against a team like that, you never can let off the gas," Hillis said. "If you want to be successful in life and in this league, you have to learn to let the mistakes fall behind you. We rebounded well today."

He also caught the longest pass of the game, a 29-yarder on third down that led to a fourth-quarter field goal. That time, he got the best of Mayo.

"We were scheming that all week," Hillis said. "We knew they like to play man in third down and short. We thought they'd bring a 'backer on me, you can do a stutter-and-go, beat them deep, stuff like that, and it just worked out to our advantage. They did exactly what we thought they'd do."

Hillis attributed the big day, in part, to healing from his pulled quadriceps muscle, one that plagued him the previous three games.

"Having the two weeks off did wonders," he said. "I came out of it healthy."

Hillis, who was overlooked last year in Denver, now has 644 yards and a career-high seven rushing TDs. He's on pace for 1,288 yards and 14 TDs. He's scored a TD in every game this season except Pittsburgh.

To reach this Plain Dealer Reporter: mcabot@plaind.com, 216-999-4670
 

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Hillis began the game by hurdling Patriots safety James Sanders for extra yards on an 18-yard run. It led to a field goal and set the tone for his plowing through defenders and dragging them for extra yards.

That was a man-beast first run. When I saw that I knew he was healthy again and ready to kick ass big time.
 

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what a great day by Hillis. Didn't get to see it but just downloaded it and about to watch it. Saw it mentioned on the game I was watching, they showed the short yardage td several times and the 35 one once. First back to get 100 rushing yards on the Patriots this year.

I know some of you don't like his celebrations after big plays but I love it, pumps me up. I think they wake up more dwfs as well, it brings a sense of pride of what it means to be a bad ass white guy, something that isn't often portrayed in the media today (before I was even racially aware something like John Lynch making a bone crushing hit or Alstott powering his way through a defense pumped me up). Plus for good white players dwfs are always complaining they aren't flashy "he just does his job" and don't think of it as very exciting and are always wanting replace that player with some washed up free agent that hasn't performed well for several years or some draft prospect that the draft "gurus' have a hard on for even though the player is still doing a good job.

Hillis is the perfect guy to open up the doors for future white backs, he has elite skills and hes got the personality. All of the cards fell into place for him to get this opportunity and I couldn't think of a better back for this to happen to, even though I would love to see Hester and Gerhart get their opportunities in the future. It might be a lost cause for Hester, but you never know. Bellicheck has mentioned wanting to get a bigger power runner since more teams are drafting smaller/speedier defenders because of the multiple wide receiver sets, I think I remember him mentioning a bigger back could take advantage of this. It would be nice to see a Hester/Woodhead combo, although it would be nice to see Woodhead be the feature back, but I don't think it will happen in the Pats offense. From the way they mentioned the game I thought Woodhead was non existent, but he had 92 yards on 11 touches, with a long of 26.

I was just hoping Hillis would stay at 65 yards to keep on pace for a 1k rushing season but he did almost 3 times that. He is a beast. Hopefully he didn't get any minor bumps and bruises that will slow him down, I hope he goes over 200 next week. How would you guys describe his running style? its hard to pinpoint at times, sometimes he runs like a blasting powerback and other times he looks like he is 200 pounds and pretty elusive/slippery, amazing initial burst and balance. He is one of the top backs in the league right now, id say top 3, hes the complete package.
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<h1>Browns, Hillis capitalize on terrible Broncos trade</h1>


Maybe the hooded sweatshirt was hanging over Josh McDaniels' eyes the
entire 2009 season. Or maybe he never took the time to watch all of the Denver Broncos' game film from 2008. Or maybe Mike Holmgen and the Cleveland Browns' new front office is a whole lot smarter than we realized.



Or maybe there's no reasonable explanation for how Peyton Hillis(notes)</span>
ended up where he is â€" sparking the suddenly feisty Browns, and leaving
Broncos fans writhing in agony over the worst trade of last offseason.


Where is Brady Quinn(notes)</span> these days? You'll find him scraping barnacles off the bottom of the depth chart, languishing behind Tim Tebow(notes).</span>
Yes, that's the guy whom McDaniels traded Hillis for â€" he of the career
66.8 quarterback rating and 52 percent completion rate. And it wasn't
even a straight up player-for-player deal. Denver kicked in a
sixth-round pick in 2011 and a conditional pick in 2012 to sweeten the
pot. Nothing like a couple of bamboo shoots under the fingernails on
draft day to remind fans of a team's brain-searing roster machinations.Of course, you could give Hoodie Jr. a pass and say that there was no
way McDaniels could have known Hillis would be a player who almost
singlehandedly destroyed Hoodie Sr. (Bill Belichick) and the Patriots,
en route to 220 yards from scrimmage (including 184 yards rushing) and
two touchdowns â€" a guy who through eight games is on pace to rush for
1,288 yards and score 16 total touchdowns.



You could say McDaniels couldn't have known, and you'd be right. He couldn't, because McDaniels never took the time to try
and know what Hillis was capable of accomplishing. Despite Hillis' five
yards per carry average and five TDs in a meager 68 rushing attempts in
2008, he didn't get a sniff when McDaniels took over. Instead, the new
regime, in its infinite wisdom, went out of its way to try almost anyone
at running back other than Hillis. They drafted Knowshon Moreno(notes),</span> signed J.J. Arrington(notes)</span> (then cut him and signed him again), and scooped up injury-addled veterans Correll Buckhalter(notes)</span> and LaMont Jordan(notes).</span> And into the abyss Hillis went, never to be heard from again in 2009, save for 13 meaningless carries in 14 games.



The truth is, McDaniels never believed in Hillis, and the running
back said as much when he joined Cleveland this offseason. Maybe only
Hillis believed in himself, since nobody in the media (including me) was
shooting a thumbs-up in Cleveland's direction at the time of the deal.
Just like nobody talked about Hillis when they lauded the sick talent in
the University of Arkansas' backfield in 2007, yammering non-stop about
Darren McFadden(notes)</span> and Felix Jones(notes),</span> and almost never saying a word about Hillis.



Hindsight is cruel in the NFL, and Hillis' success is downright
merciless for a Broncos team that can't run the football (last in the
NFL heading into this weekend) and has watched Moreno struggle to stay
on the field.


So Hillis delivers the two-pronged entry this week, making Denver's
shortsightedness a loser, and Cleveland's sheer luck a winner. I have a
feeling both cities will be talking about this trade for years to come.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=ArbOfBrQHQWJfUBiksntfmb.uLYF?slug=cr-winnersandlosers110710

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Mike and Mike (ESPN radio) talked glowingly about Hillis this morning. Mike Golic called Hillis his "new favorite player."
 

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Deus Vult said:
Mike and Mike (ESPN radio) talked glowingly about Hillis this morning. Mike Golic called Hillis his "new favorite player."

If the DWF's had any common sense, Hillis would be their favorite player. Don't they want to cheer for a white running back who looks like them? Hillis certainly has won some of the DWF's over but a large majority of them still want to be like their idols AP and Chris Johnson. It's said how racially unaware these buffoons are.
 

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A couple of more monster games by Peyton and soon you will see the usual caste clowns, ie Uncle Cris, Simpleton Sims and Dan Dumbdork all jumping on the bandwagon. All claiming that they knew of his talent if only giving a real chance.

WA 33 I think Hillis is starting to sober up the DWFs. Man, its great watching his physical specimen of a White Man just pulverize the affeletic defenders and dominate them. The affelets, know he is the real deal, and dread having to tackle the train on a down hill slope.
 

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Westside said:
A couple of more monster games by Peyton and soon you will see the usual caste clowns, ie Uncle Cris, Simpleton Sims and Dan Dumbdork all jumping on the bandwagon. All claiming that they knew of his talent if only giving a real chance.



WA 33 I think Hillis is starting to sober up the DWFs. Man, its great watching his physical specimen of a White Man just pulverize the affeletic defenders and dominate them. The affelets, know he is the real deal, and dread having to tackle the train on a down hill slope.

I agree that some of the DWF's are sobering up and quite a few are big fans of Hillis. There are still many who are drunk beyond help though. I hope the DWF's see Hillis for what he is, a talented feature back and not some Mike Alstott clone. Alstott should have been a featured back but the powers that be made sure he was never given that label and was considered a "hybrid" back.
 

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More Hillis praise while pouring salt in the McDainiels wound. This time from CBSSports.com senior writer Clark Judge:

I'm not sure who should feel worse about New England's loss -- Bill Belichick or Denver's Josh McDaniels. It was Belichick's defense that Peyton Hillis shredded for 228 yards and two touchdowns -- including a career-high 184 yards rushing. But Hillis isn't in Cleveland's lineup without McDaniels' help. It was the Denver head coach who earlier this year had the brilliant idea to trade Hillis and draft picks for quarterback Brady Quinn. Quinn is the Broncos' third-string quarterback, and he doesn't play. Hillis is a one-man wrecking ball who's one of the most reliable and effective backs in the business. This trade was so bad I had to check to see if McDaniels was related to former Red Sox owner Harry Frazee.

I'm sure Clark didn't consider Hillis a "one-man wrecking ball" while he was wasting away on the bench last year. Where were all the teams should trade for underused, beast, RB Peyton Hillis articles last season? Of course we know the answer to this question.
 

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Freethinker, all are jumping on the Hillis Wrecking Train wagon, claiming to be so called visionaries and whilst, ramming McDaniels's snout in fresh Dog crap. Man, I am loving it.
 

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I'm giving Mangini credit where it's due, first to trade for Hillis in the first place, and then to not listen to Jerome (Who?) Harrison's whining.
 

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Do you guys know where to download this game?

Oh and Snow, if Hillis gets 200 against the Jets he should be crowned a league's MVP haha :) I'd be happy with a solid 100 and a score!
 
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