Speculation on Hillis (1 Viewer)

[ninerfanatic492000]

realistically i think the Browns think in the future that Hardesty can do more or be more dynamic than Hillis. everyone that keeps saying Hardesty is trash, what exactly has Hillis done in nearly a year that looks better than Montario right now? this years stats don't like as they are playing with same cast and many times in same situations. Hardesty isn't just playing a change of pace role or taking draws where stats lie, he is playing same role as Hillis when he comes in. fact is he's averaging more as a rusher and as a receiver. he may drop more passes but he sure does more as he

this is basically Montario's rookie year so many of his errors can be corrected and everyone knows its the 2nd year after a knee injury that the explosiveness comes back. so we've yet to see the best of Hardesty. he has not looked nearly as bad as some of you have posted. most of the hate is from Hillis owners letting off steam.

Hillis has been good but not great and they've been trying to get someone they hope more explosive in there or atleast a chance of pace. its very similar to whats going on in New England where the incumbent Law Firm is very steady but not spectacular.......so patriots draft 2 more explosive guys to start siphoning off Law firms touches and do more with what Brady opens up.

Hillis's great run last year seems to be what Allstott would've looked like given every carry if Dunn would've sustained a major injury. Bucs knew to get a lead they needed to play Dunn to keep or ice a game they needed Allstott.

1. Catches balls2. Doesn't get his QB killed on blitzes

3. Doesn't have an extensive history of knee surgeries

They are both running equally poorly right now, though.

I'll certainly take that Hardesty should at this point maybe only play on early downs, but on those early downs he has not looked inferior to Hillis when in same game situations. when he does play on passing downs or shurmer(knows his rawness in blocking) puts him out there its simple he does more with it(when he catches it). i'll reiterate that Hardesty is basically a rookie(and still receovering). look at the improvement and workload increase for ryan mathews from last year.......it is night and day. shonne greene has even shown improvement in his hands when it looked like he had blocks for mitts year one. Hillis was a fullback(and has the body of one) for how many years? so of course his blocking is going to be superior. his blocking is always going to be better.

IMHO the browns want more explosive plays and they believe as Hardesty evolves/rounds into form he can supply those. The browns defense is simply not good enuff to simply run Hillis 25x's a game and consistently win or win enuff to make the playoffs. without the D or the explosive plays they can't score enuff to win on a consistent basis. not saying that Hardesty will become the bellcow but he will have a important role in the offense in a RBBC Hillis may return to a lead dog role but i don't see the weekly 20+ touches again

 

[Csonka4life]

If your going to accuse a star of being on HGH try Matthews jr, he looks like he has horns. Also he has significantly changed since his freshman year in college.

 

[Urlacher54]

The problem is not the def. they have been pretty decent this year. rated 7th overall in total yards per game with 321.8. pass def is 4th with 192 yds a gamerun def is 27th with 129.8 yds a game. ( but 7th best against per carry avg. and only 2 rush td's 5th best)they do need help with the run def but 166 rushed on and only 139 passes against.the problem is play calling. IMO. colt is still very raw. he is pretty smart with the ball. little off target. last year clev ran 891 plays413 rush 46%478 pass 54%so far this year they have had 339 plays122 rush 36%217 pass 64%there is no reason at all why Clev should be passing so much.did a little looking back to last year and this year. for the colts, pats, packers, and saints2010:indy 63% pass : 37% runsaints 63% pass : 37 runpats 53% pass : 47% runGB 56% pass : 44 run2011 indy 60% pass : 40 runsaints 63% pass : 37 runpats 59% pass : 41 runGB 57% pass : 43 runthese have to be basically the top teams for passing. granted indy and saints pass alot more. but look how even pats and GB are.my point being i guess is they have a capable back in hillis to run the ball 20 times a game. which has happened only once (27-94 2 tds indy)they will not get it done at all passing so much.against indy clev only threw 32 times.hillis is the type of back that will wear out the def and get stronger later in the game.clev has only been down fast once where they had to pass the ball and that was against Tenn.Hardesty just isnt ready yet. he sucks ### at picking up the blitz. and i think he is worse at catching the ball than blocking.the loss of steinbach hurt tons. that is a major factor and the right side is having a rough time blocking period.mccoys inaccuracy stems from that with pressure in his face constantly.and please stop with the HGH crap talk. go back and look at his pictures. he has always been a big guy. he works hard. give him some credit.