03-21-2016, 10:47 AM
(03-21-2016, 10:38 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Gio dropped from 4.1 ypc to 4.0 ypc and from 9.2 per catch to 8.1 per catch.
Hill dropped from 5.1 ypc to 3.6 ypc and from 8.0 per catch to 5.3 per catch.
Apples to oranges, man. People hated on Gio because they expected him to take a big step up and he didn't. Meanwhile Hill was just absolutely awful to watch pretty much all year.
After 2015 and nobody saying Hill played injured or anything, I am forced to wonder if it's not 2015 that was the oddity for Hill, but that 9 game stretch in 2014 that was the oddity. Similar situation to that 5 game stretch BJGE had in 2012 where he rushed for 543 yards in 5 games at 5.1 ypc. People thought "oh man, maybe he's going to be great for the Bengals" but he rushed for 3.4 ypc the next season and was out of the league the season after. Sometimes the Bengals OL has these random stretches where they decided they would indeed like to run block that game. Maybe that's what Hill got?
Hill was injured..Ask Lapham...he saw a hitch in his giddy for at least the first 6 games...he talked about it on the radio constantly...He observed it with his own eyes...They may not have reported him injured but he was most definitely was..Most likely a carry over form the playoff game the previous year.
