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(09-11-2017, 10:58 AM)Luvnit2 Wrote: My point is we have 3 good RB's and don't have to trash one because your objective is for your guy to play more. This team has major issues at all 5 OL positions (yes Boling  was horrid yesterday also) and the OL did not run or pass block well. The Ravens backs looked better than all 3 od our backs, not because they are better, but because their OL is much better than our OL.

I understand everyone is pissed, but RB was not the issue yesterday, take into account the poor run blocking (inconsistent) and they did well, all 3 of them.

I understand your point, and it's a fair one. Perhaps I am being too hard on Hill. But I think that out of the three RBs the Bengals have, Hill's track record has proven he's the worst when it comes to turning something out of nothing. Bernard clearly is better at it than Hill. Mixon didn't show much this game, but he's shown he can turn something into nothing so far this preseason. So I'm not just trying to "defend my guy."

I actually view the Bengals' rushing situation to be like the old Colts rushing situation. For years, they had (and again have?) a porous OL and the only RBs who could ever do anything in that offense were the scat-type backs. The between-the-tackles RBs could never get anything going because they were always tackled at or behind the LOS. Unfortunately, Hill is the latter type of RB and I expect by season's end he will have produced the least out of the three because he can't make things for himself.