Mark Walton Arrested

[wolfkaosaun]

(02-19-2019, 09:46 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Who's to say Brian Hill would have been worse than Walton running behind the Bengals line?

We can play the "make believe" game all you want but the fact is that Hill's preseason production was not enough to get him a roster spot with any other team in the league so you can't blame Marvin for not keeping him on ours.

Hill was signed two days after he was waived.
He was on the practice squad week 1, and on the active roster week 2.
He was on an active roster under 2 weeks.

Mark Walton averaged 1 YPC in preseason. And while preseason should be taken with a grain of salt, he clearly was outplayed by Hill.

Hill averaged 5.1 YPC compared to Walton's 1 YPC (and that's rounding up)
Mark had two different games where he averaged negative YPC. 5 rushes for -9 yards.
Excluding those games, Walton doesn't hit 2 YPC.
Mark Walton had 22 rushes for 21 yards.
Brian Hill had 17 rushes for 87 yards.

But wait, let's get into receiving! Maybe THAT is where Walton's play was better than Hill's.
Mark Walton had one reception for 5 yards.
Brian Hill had 6 receptions for 70 yards.

So Mark Walton had 23 total touches for 26 total yards.
Brian Hill had 23 total touches for 157 yards.


But preseason is preseason. Let's look how they did in the regular season.

Walton played in 14 games.
Hill played in 10.

Walton had 14 rushing attempts.
Hill had 20 rushing attempts.

Walton had 34 rushing yards, averaging 2.4 YPC.
Hill had 157 rushing yards, averaging 7.8 YPC.

Yes, Hill had a 60 yard run.
Even taking that away, Hill had 97 rushing yards on 19 carries. That's still higher than 5 YPC.

Can include receiving yards, and that's actually closer.
As Walton has 5 receptions for 41 yards.
And Hill has 3 receptions for 45 yards.



I don't really see where you can't blame Marvin. Am I missing something?
Marvin made a choice and after 1 year, it seems like a poor one. And that's not including off the field issues.
However, you can't blame Marvin for that part by any means.