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Originally Posted by the Talking Can
hillis is a quitter, that's not an arguable fact nor a judgement based on my admittedly low opinion of our cheap ass owner and dumb **** GM
you can sign hillis and clap real loud about it
but you can't say he isn't a quitter, because he is
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Honest to God question - who's likely to be the 53rd guy on this roster?
Some guy like Jackie Battle, right? Somebody that isn't likely to contribute any more than a common street FA or practice squad player. For as much debate as those final few roster spots generate; very little true impact comes from them 90% of the time.
What is the harm in making that 53rd guy Peyton Hillis? Oh sure, he'd be higher up the depth chart than that, but you could treat his roster spot like he's just the 53rd guy.
If he starts jaking it, you get rid of his ass. Nobody in football would blame you, including his teammates (who don't sally that shit).
Honestly - what is the harm here?
I simply do not understand the backlash. He
knows he's out of chances. He
knows he has to play hard to get paid. And it's not like he was a glory boy through College and to get into the league. The dude busted his ass, put in the hours and fought his way up the depth chart to get to where he was last season.
He's shown plenty in his career to suggest that he has heart. Something simply went very very wrong last year. Why is that seen as who he is? Why does that trump the guy that was a 4-year letterman and thankless grunt blocking back in front of McFadden and Jones at Arkansas, or the guy that turned himself into a legitimate NFL stud after being a 7th round pick?
The dude have every opportunity to say "**** this, I'm not getting the credit, I'm not getting the glory and I'm not getting a shot - I'm done", but he didn't. He showed a hell of a lot more heart getting to where he is than a ton of guys in this league have.
This guy spent 7 years showing as much fight and heart as anyone on the gridiron - why are we so willing to trash that?