Jeremy Hill to the Patriots.

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(03-17-2018, 09:49 AM)Sled21 Wrote: You spoke of him being turned into a pariah, I was simply stating why. If he had fumbled trying to get a needed first down, that would be forgivable. He didn't, he was trying to get unneeded yardage even after being told by Lewis "get what you can then just go down". If he doesn't lose that ball trying to be a hero, none of the rest of the meltdown ever happens and we win... =pariah.

I get that, I'm not saying he shouldn't be a pariah (well, I think it's a little over the top, but meh) my point is that I've never seen anyone go from "THIS GUY IS THE REASON WE WILL WIN" to "THIS GUY LOST IT ALL FOR US" in the span on one season, that's all.  Going into 2015 I remember being rather skeptical the Bengals were going to be the first team in decades that was resurrected by a RB, but giving Hill the ball 30+ times per game was going to fill our trophy case.  Fast forward and Hill is just getting in the way of Mixon being everything we decided Hill was going to be, but wasn't.

I get it, it's fandom and it's interesting as hell.  I just wish there was a way to go back to the preseason of 2015 and tell all the Bengals fans that giving Jeremy Hill the ball was going to be the reason we lost.  I can't imagine that would have gone over well.