Browns Looking To Re-Sign Peyton Hillis
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http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2012/01/cleveland_browns_have_renewed.html
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Browns would like to re-sign running back Peyton Hillis, who worked his way back into the team's good graces over the final six weeks of the season, a league source said.
Hillis, who becomes an unrestricted free agent March 13, showed the Browns enough over the final six games -- both on and off the field -- that they'd like to have him back at the right price. The Browns can re-sign their own free agents at any time.
General Manager Tom Heckert said at the end of the season that the Browns would talk to the agents for all of their free agents and hoped to re-sign some. He cited D'Qwell Jackson and kicker Phil Dawson as two the Browns would pursue.
But Hillis made his way onto that list down the stretch, including a 112-yard rushing performance against the Ravens on Dec. 24, averaging 4.7 yards on his 24 carries during a 20-14 loss.
A day after the season ended, Browns coach Pat Shurmur said, "I'll tell you what, Peyton and I had a great conversation yesterday. He's an all-star player who was dealing with injury in the middle part of the year and then came back, and I really liked what he did at the end of the season."
After recovering from a hamstring injury that caused him to miss five games in the middle of the season, Hillis rushed 101 times for 376 yards over the final six games, including a 99-yard game in Arizona. He averaged 62.6 yards during that span, which projects to 1,002 yards over a 16-game season.
Hillis made his thoughts clear the week after that Ravens game.
"I'm a Cleveland Brown at heart," he said. "Since I've been here, I fell in love with the fans and the city and the people that live here. They've been nothing but 100 percent supportive through everything when I talk to them. And it's good to have a second family backing me like that."
The Browns are not believed to have had any contact with Hillis' agent, Kennard McGuire, since midway through the season, but are expected to contact most of the agents over the next month or so.
In November, around the time the Browns' leadership group met with Hillis to help him get re-focused, the Browns had all but decided to let him walk in free agency. By then, he had endured his strep throat incident and had gone back to Arkansas at midweek to get married instead of receiving treatment to try to play with the hamstring injury.
But Hillis settled down off the field and played well on it. Whether or not they can agree to a deal remains to be seen, but the Browns are more open to it now.
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Zombo said:
That would be awesome. Don't forget, we get Brandon Jacobs back too. With Hillis coming back, RB moves from critical need to just a need ...
Z
Brandon Jackson.
A lot different than Brandon Jacobs, sadly. But a good back nonetheless. It could be a nice one-two punch.
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Zombo said:
Sorry, I've been drinking heavily.
Z
And that's not a bad thing, after the stinker season the Browns put up. Down Florida way it's probably Margaritas, but up here in the cold weather its Port-o, Port-o, Porto. The real stuff from Portugal, accept no cheap American or Australian imitations.
The Brits said you could only properly drink the stuff in a month that had an "R"in it. Of course the Hoorta has January, February, March, Arbril, Mayr, Juner, Jurly, Argust, September, October, November, and December.
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I miss Vickers
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Zombo said:
That would be awesome. Don't forget, we get Brandon Jacobs back too. With Hillis coming back, RB moves from critical need to just a need ...
Z
That would be a hell of a power run game if Jacobs was coming off the bench....
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Zombo said:
Sorry, I've been drinking heavily.
Z
And that's not a bad thing, after the stinker season the Browns put up. Down Florida way it's probably Margaritas, but up here in the cold weather its Port-o, Port-o, Porto. The real stuff from Portugal, accept no cheap American or Australian imitations.
The Brits said you could only properly drink the stuff in a month that had an "R"in it. Of course the Hoorta has January, February, March, Arbril, Mayr, Juner, Jurly, Argust, September, October, November, and December.
And that's not a bad thing, after the stinker season the Browns put up. Down Florida way it's probably Margaritas, but up here in the cold weather its Port-o, Port-o, Porto. The real stuff from Portugal, accept no cheap American or Australian imitations.
The Brits said you could only properly drink the stuff in a month that had an "R"in it. Of course the Hoorta has January, February, March, Arbril, Mayr, Juner, Jurly, Argust, September, October, November, and December.
You don't have to bastardize April lol...it has an R already...
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For the right price they should resign him. He showed what he can really do against the Ravens late in the year. Plus it's one less position that needs addressed.
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Starting to like the idea of re-signing Hillis, and drafting Richardson...
Would make for a nice ground and pound offense w/ a strong defense that could produce, similar to the 49ers (minus some on D)
Also, would take pressure off of our QB, whether it is McCoy or somebody else
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Browns, please get this done. There is nothing better in the NFL than a balanced attack. If we can get a stud WR (or someone turn into one) or two, and have the back field just as dangerous, this could be good. Also, if they do sign him, I don't see us drafting Richardson. If fact I like Chris Ogbonnaya as well. I thought the guy made some very good, hard runs and moved the ball forward at times. Hill and Ooglyboogly could make a great tandem team.
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Any discussion or consideration of drafting Richardson is stupid.
The question is not "is Richardson good" but rather : Who could we have instead of Richardson?
Blackmon, Coples, Kalil, RG3, Claiborne: All better - and more of a position of need - than RB.
Far better to resign Hillis than spend that pick on Richardson.
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i love the hate for blackmon when we dont draft him and he becomes a star then maybe people will be like dam we should have took him i suppose it just people that think taking rg3 is going to turn the franchise around. yup thats the answer start all over with a new qb that will have to learn the system and take at least 2 years to form. no thank you ill take my chances with colt this year given the fact we will give him play makers and if he cant do it this year then u get you qb next year, cuz nexts year qb class is going to be deep
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