Peyton Hillis is Jason Bourne

[godfather]

Re: Peyton Hillis

I don't see how we can afford to get rid of Hillis unless we get an immediate replacement for him. Other than Hillis, we have two young RB's that have never played an NFL down before this season, and one of them could have bad knees.

I don't mind over playing Hillis as long as it's not outrageous. The guy is absolutely the perfect person to be the face of the franchise and he'll put people in the seats. If he gets traded, there will be a huge outrage from the fans.

Why would you want to overpay a guy, that lead us to a whopping 5 wins last year?? No offense to Hillis, who qualifies as a "good" running back. But even elite running backs these days aren't leading teams to SBs. They're not even leading their teams to the playoffs. Chris Johnson, Arian Foster, and Adrian Peterson were not in the playoffs last year. Running backs are no longer a featured position. The game has evolved and changed. It's a pass happy league now.

The Browns should run this organization like a business, and do what's best for the franchise. Not like a popularity contest. Giving Hillis a "monster" contract would be a horrible decision.

 

[Otsego Mar]

Re: Peyton Hillis

3 years 30 mil 25 guaranteed is probably the highest I'd go for him......but that doesn't mean anything at all.

 

[Pavlovic3Ball]

Re: Peyton Hillis

3 years 30 mil 25 guaranteed is probably the highest I'd go for him......but that doesn't mean anything at all.

Personally, I think thats way too much guaranteed money.

 

[Otsego Mar]

Re: Peyton Hillis

Personally, I think thats way too much guaranteed money.

It may be.

 

[MattyFos.]

Re: Peyton Hillis

I have an feeling that if Hillis were black half of this board (Browns fan base) would be calling him a diva and telling him to play out the rest of his contract.

 

[Pavlovic3Ball]

Re: Peyton Hillis

I have an feeling that if Hillis were black half of this board (Browns fan base) would be calling him a diva and telling him to play out the rest of his contract.

This. It's the only reason he was on the cover of Madden. Great player, but his popularity a lot to do with the fact he is a white runningback. Vick was robbed.

 

[Green Demon]

Re: Peyton Hillis

This. It's the only reason he was on the cover of Madden. Great player, but his popularity a lot to do with the fact he is a white runningback. Vick was robbed.

Really? Honestly I could care less what color his skin is all I care about is the fact that he wears the Browns jersey and about Vick getting robbed for the Madden cover I think that may have something to do with the whole dog fighting thing then anything racial.

 

[Otsego Mar]

Re: Peyton Hillis

This. It's the only reason he was on the cover of Madden. Great player, but his popularity a lot to do with the fact he is a white runningback. Vick was robbed.

No way lol. Vick was not robbed. Vick damaged his reputation from the dog thing....that's what robbed him.

 

[SauDogg]

Re: Peyton Hillis

This. It's the only reason he was on the cover of Madden. Great player, but his popularity a lot to do with the fact he is a white runningback. Vick was robbed.

Vick is a dog killer. He doesn't deserve anything.

 

[Pavlovic3Ball]

Re: Peyton Hillis

No way lol. Vick was not robbed. Vick damaged his reputation from the dog thing....that's what robbed him.

He had no problem beating out a bunch of good players to get into the final Madden round.

 

[Pavlovic3Ball]

Re: Peyton Hillis

Really? Honestly I could care less what color his skin is all I care about is the fact that he wears the Browns jersey and about Vick getting robbed for the Madden cover I think that may have something to do with the whole dog fighting thing then anything racial.

I never said we shouldn't re-sign him because of his skin color. But anyone that thinks Hillis being white had nothing to do with him getting on the cover of Madden, is delusional.

 

[MattyFos.]

Re: Peyton Hillis

Vick did his time and paid his debt (remember that 100 million dollar contract he lost). He doesn't owe anybody anything. So the talk about him not being on Madden because of it is garbage. I believe he lost the vote, partially, because of that and it's complete bullshit.

 

[MattyFos.]

Re: Peyton Hillis

I never said we shouldn't re-sign him because of his skin color. But anyone that thinks Hillis being white had nothing to do with him getting on the cover of Madden, is delusional.

Oh and how he is treated by the fan base. His skin tone directly affects that.

 

[Pavlovic3Ball]

Re: Peyton Hillis

Oh and how he is treated by the fan base. His skin tone directly affects that.

Pretty much. Fans love the blue collar/hard worker players (aka white athletes).

 

[MattyFos.]

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Pretty much. Fans love the blue collar/hard worker players (aka white athletes).

Yeah he gets these terms thrown around about him
Hard working
Blue collar
Great character

All that crap. Truth is the dude is kind of a puss. He is whining about his contract and pouting on the sideline (someone mentioned it a few pages ago that he looked different on the sideline. When I saw him it looked like he was pouting. He was wearing the sideline jacket ala Ladanian Tomlinson's helmet fiasco a few years back). He, to me, seems like a low character guy who wants the world handed to him. Do your job and you'll get paid. CJ2K had a serious gripe about his pay. He has been THE top back for 2 years and still getting pennies. He was drafted high and outplayed his contract. Hillis was barely drafted and had 1 solid year on a team where he touched the ball probably close to 40% of the time. How long has he been in the league? 3/4 years? IDK, maybe a flash in the pan. Maybe not. But go out and do it again before you start sitting out games because you're "sick"