|Dr Tarzan| Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000663110/article/jeremy-hill-there-is-no-running-from-playoff-fumble Jeremy Hill: There is no running from playoff fumble 24 By Kevin Patra Around the NFL writer Published: May 17, 2016 at 09:18 a.m. Updated: May 17, 2016 at 10:02 a.m. The game clock read 1:36 left in the fourth quarter after Vontaze Burfict intercepted Landry Jones, giving the Cincinnati Bengals the ball with a one-point lead over the Pittsburgh Stealers in the wild-card matchup this past January. After Burfict's interception the Bengals owned a 95.9 percent win probability, per Pro Football Reference. On the next play from scrimmage Cincinnati running back Jeremy Hill broke off a six-yard run. As Hill fell to the turf, Stealers linebacker Ryan Shazier ripped the ball lose and Pittsburgh recovered. You know the rest: A noodle-armed Ben Roethlisberger returned to lead the Stealers on a game-winning field goal drive, aided by an unnecessary roughness penalty on Burfict and an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on Adam Jones. Had Hill's fumble not occurred, the Bengals would likely have won their first playoff game since 1990. On Monday the 23-year-old running back faced the media for the first time since that day. "There is no running from it," Hill said, via the Cincinnati Enquirer. "I embrace it. I embrace the challenge. I embrace the doubters, the negative, all that stuff. It's great. It's part of football. The great competitors, the great athletes all embrace it. I see myself as no different. I'm going to continue to embrace it every day, face it every day and wait for my opportunity to overcome that." Hill said he's gotten advice from many former players, including NFL Media's Marshall Faulk. Hill said the best advice he's gotten has been to not let the fumble define him and his career. "Obviously when something like that happens they get the blame and you blame that person," Hill said. "I get it. That's the business. That's how it works. I'm totally fine accepting that and I embrace that. For me, it's going to help me this offseason because once you have the season I had and that moment at the end of that season it can only go up from there. That's how I'm looking at it and how it will be. If anything it motivated me as a player and will continue to help me for the rest of my career." Hill disappointed early in 2015, but enters his third season with a chip on his shoulder. The young back has years left to rewrite his football story. The fumble can be the defining moment of his career, or it can be the pivot point in an uplifting narrative on overcoming failure. Hill, for his part, isn't running from the failure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 says the right things, thats always good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esjbh2 Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 Finally??? Didn't he say this exact same thing the following day??? And again the following week??? And again whenever pesky media brought it up again??? Finally??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 Wait till he gets cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 finally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Tigre Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 Cause and effect, to be sure...but the NFL beat us that day, not Jeremy Hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Dr Tarzan| Posted May 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 4 hours ago, esjbh2 said: Finally??? Didn't he say this exact same thing the following day??? And again the following week??? And again whenever pesky media brought it up again??? Finally??? Some of the things he did say, like taking ownership of the mistake, yes. But now he has uttered that basically he is on a mission to make everyone forget it, which is what I've been waiting to hear...............Smartass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esjbh2 Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 5 minutes ago, Dr Tarzan said: Some of the things he did say, like taking ownership of the mistake, yes. But now he has uttered that basically he is on a mission to make everyone forget it, which is what I've been waiting to hear...............Smartass. Smartass? WTF? I meant no disrespect to you and was merely responding to the article, not to you personally. I could swear I heard most of these same quotes before. Jeesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sois Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 He won't get cut. He's a good player, he just needs to return to form. Why do reporters write "no shit" articles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Tigre Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 They are trying to talk themselves into believing they are actually journalists. That's a good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumble In the Jungle Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 I rag on him here and there but I love Hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thezerawkid Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 1 hour ago, Rumble In the Jungle said: I rag on him here and there but I love Hill. Indeed. There's a reason the phrase "sophomore slump" exists. It's something that actually just happens...to really good players. He'll be back to form, in a big way, this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvilleBengal Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 2 minutes ago, thezerawkid said: Indeed. There's a reason the phrase "sophomore slump" exists. It's something that actually just happens...to really good players. He'll be back to form, in a big way, this season. Well the third year should be a banner year for him...rookie season, he comes out of nowhere, second season other teams know what he can do and adjust so there is a bit of a slump, now it's the third year, Hill's gotta adjust to knowing that everyone know who he is and apply it. Same with Gio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincyInDC Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 I still can't believe Dalton stripped it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|High School Harry| Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 Jeremy Hill Finally Says What We All Want to Hear That he's having a sex change and becoming a nun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BENGALBRIAN22 Posted May 19, 2016 Report Share Posted May 19, 2016 On 5/17/2016 at 2:39 PM, Le Tigre said: Cause and effect, to be sure...but the NFL beat us that day, not Jeremy Hill. This is what " Finally " has been said, and it is the truth. I understand Hill should not have fumbled but the NFL and the Refs blatently open every door they can for Sh**sburg in every game with extra effort in the playoffs ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooky Posted May 19, 2016 Report Share Posted May 19, 2016 Is there an article about AP every week? He basically did the same thing. Is he going to get cut too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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