Why did Hill Not Start?

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(12-22-2015, 02:33 PM)ItsOdellThurman Wrote: On paper, yes.

I'd venture to say that the running game hasn't had the overall impact on offensive success as needed.

Bernard had a field day in the Seattle and Arizona games, where the Bengals fell behind multiple TD's and were forced to go away from their typical running game plan.

Sure, if you want to discount players best games, then yes, they will look much worse. You can do that with literally any player. "Well if you take away this week and this week, when they were particularly good, they look much worse!"... you don't say. Still, you also forgot...

Week 2, where Bernard is the reason the Bengals won against the Chargers 24-19. Bernard had 20 carries, 123 yards (6.1 YPC), 3 catches, 16 yards.

He was also the only person on the entire team who showed up to Week 10 against Houston. 8 carries, 36 yards (4.5 YPC) and 5 catches, 43 yards. He was fighting for yardage, creating yards out of nowhere, and really the only positive on the team that week.

Honestly, the Bengals haven't played that many close games if you start excluding games like Seattle and Arizona. So you're really limiting the number of games you'll "allow" people to use as proof to only like 3-4, which Bernard still was big in the majority of. Last I heard, Bernard was also among league leaders at YPC after contact.

Long story short, you're wrong and Bernard is having a very good year.