The Bengals need to move on from Jeremy Hill

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(09-21-2016, 04:25 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Agree with this. Also, YPC be damned, Gio hasn't looked good running the ball to me either. He's broke a couple 10+ yard gains that really boosted his YPC due to his tiny sample size thus far, but he's getting stuffed at the line a lot as well.

I get that some people aren't sold on Hill (putting it nicely), but I think it looks foolish to use these 2 games as evidence against him when we clearly have a severe issue with the line right now.

All that said, I wouldn't mind making Gio the primary back for awhile, because (a) he's better at making something out of nothing and (b) it could give even more evidence that the line is the main problem.

I thought Hill looked good in the Jets game.  Gio looks better I think because he is able to hit the hole quicker.  Hill's biggest problem is when he starts jumping around trying to make something of nothing...  which is not a huge problem if there is actually a hole there.

I think they need to use him with a fullback.  He needs someone to help open something up so he doesn't get stuffed at the LOS.  And the best way to use Gio is as a receiver or a third down back.  You get either of these guys moving in space and they're going to do some damage.   I also would like to leave him in the game more than one down at a time and go up tempo.   Between gashing up the middle and play action and keeping the defense from subbing I think we'd get a rhythm going and do some damage.   I'd like to see them script entire sequences for no huddle drives that would wear teams out.

If we could ever get the interior line to start playing as a cohesive unit there's a lot we could do.

I think getting Hill some sustained drives would help him get his moxie back.  But we pull him whether he made yardage or not.