Tiki Barber on how to fix fumbling

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(01-20-2016, 10:42 PM)guyofthetiger Wrote: Hill needs many more touches in a game. Other teams give the ball to their running back and eventually the D gets worn out. Also, the back gets better as he carries more. I would like to see Hill get 20+ carries a game in 2016.

Jeremy Hill is part of a team, and if he's not getting it done we can't waste offensive chances forcing an aspect of our team that isn't working.  The Bengals ran an average of 63.1 plays per game in 2015, which means 20+ carries for Hill makes him solely responsible for 32% or more of our total plays per game.  Call me a cynic, but I have a feeling if we forced more carries on Jeremy Hill this year we wouldn't have won 12 games.

https://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/stat/plays-per-game


I realize one has to hit his way out of a slump, but this line of thinking just eludes me.  I've never heard anyone claim a WR who can't stop dropping balls just needs more passes thrown his way, or a QB who throws 3 INTs in the first half just really needs to air it out.  There just aren't enough plays per game nor games per season in the NFL to have the luxury of forcing someone out of a slump.  Now if the NFL had a minor league system where Jeremy Hill could run over some practice squad guys for a few weeks and then get "called up" maybe we'd have something.