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"What do I do with Peyton Hillis now?"
A
quick blurb/news report broke that the
reason that Peyton Hillis sat out
in Week-3, was because of his agent
telling him he needed to sit out and to
not risk further injury. The report also
inferred that it was really part of an
elaborate excuse to sit out due to an
on-going/stalled contract situation with
the Browns.
Depending upon which reporting of it
that you look at -- some brush it off as
a "you know contract squabbles"...or
"the coach said everything is fine."
Generally speaking, it's reported more
as a soap opera-ish type thing.
However, I am not blowing it off...or
laughing. I have a bunch of teams with
Hillis, and I have moved from concerned
to all out nervous/mad.
What
started me worrying -- Montario
Hardesty with nearly as many targets
and carries as Hillis last week. Not
only, a high touch count for Hardesty,
but he was in at key times of the
game...as Hillis sat idly by. Something
wasn't right watching that game...it was
beyond -- "the Browns got down, and went
to more of a passing game." Why wasn't
Hillis (i.e. supposedly their best
weapon) involved in said passing
game...not really involved in the failed
comeback effort?
It
also then further worried me that
whispers came out from players that
Hillis sat out two weeks ago due to a
unresolved/on-going contract situation
with the Browns. Players whispering it,
isn't a good thing. The original new
break of that possibility, was met with
a little "pooh-poohing". Now, Hillis's
agent is coming out and saying he told
Hillis not play that Week-3 game at
Miami.
I
could deal with a lot of that he
said-she said, but buried in one of the
stories I read (and it's not in most of
the reported news blurbs)...the current
agent for Peyton Hillis, is his
3rd agent in four years. Now I am
officially worried.
My
facts suddenly add up like this -- new
Coach, new GM, Hillis is a giant diva,
sat out of a key game with strep throat
because his agent told him so,
Browns/Head Coach retaliates by limiting
Hillis in Week-4. I'm not liking what I
am seeing at all. Hillis has one main
value to me -- a heavy workload. If
Hillis is not going to get a big
workload, if this situation is going to
get contentious. I don't want to get
caught in the middle of it and have my
Fantasy Football 2011 season ruined by
it, if I can escape now...with Hillis
still possibly having decent value.
I
don't want to panic-sell Hillis. Not
everyone is going to read the story the
way that I did, so he may have just
taken a slight hit in value for some
folks. I either want to take advantage
of his value via trade now, or take
advantage of it off his next nice game.
If I can make a fairly even exchange of
RBs, I'd do it.
I am
willing to deal him off his next nice
game -- the Browns season is likely to
head down the tubes over the upcoming
few weeks, further reducing the need to
overwork Hillis. In Weeks 8-9, Hillis
faces SF-HOU, which neither is a great
matchup. In Weeks 12-16, Hillis gets
CIN-BAL-PIT-ARI-BAL. I don't really want
Hillis down the stretch as it is, but
now add all these extraneous
factors...and I gotta move on quick
before I am left with a dud of a Fantasy
Football RB.
If you
are banking on Hillis as your main RB,
and are thin at RB as it is...you have
to take measures to squat on some
upstart RBs in case the Hillis thing
goes south on you. Better yet, make a
fairly even swap with someone if it all
possible...but that ship is sailing
fast. The last strategy is hold now, and
deal off the next big game -- which is
likely with OAK-SEA upcoming after the
BYE week.
It's a
shame to have to deal with this now, but
we have to -- if you are
Hillis-dependent...you have an issue to
deal with. An issue that may change your
entire season's fortunes if not dealt
with quickly.
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