Well, I agree that things are never as simple as they seem. I didn't get the watch the entire game, just the NFL Red Zone highlights. But I saw enough to know that your coach was trying to outsmart the Bungles D by second guessing them (the way Mike Shanahan used to do in Denver): "So, it's First and Goal from the 5; so they'll expect a run...so I'm going to pass it 3 times! That'll totally trick them!"

This trickiness never worked with Shanahan and it won't work for the Browns this year. Get some big guys in there, line up tight, and hand the ball to Hillis 3 (or 4) times in a row, and the 'Dozer will punch it in 8 times out of 10.

Look, I showed up here last year and predicted in Game #1 that Peyton Hillis would light your town on fire and would be starting by Week #3. I LOVED Hillis when he was in Denver and was so happy that he ended up with a team that knew how to feature him.

Well, that was last year. Looks to me like your new Head Coach is CLUELESS when it comes to Hillis. What a joke! Why is Colt throwing 2 times near the 5 yard line? Why didn't Hillis have AT LEAST two touchdowns against the pathetic Bungles? Why? Because your coach thinks that Colt is the second coming of Dan Marino.

It's pretty simple: hand the dang ball to Hillis, especially inside the 10 yard line. Good things will happen. I know what I'm talking about.

Instead, Colt is throwing incomplete after incomplete in the red zone; meanwhile, he handed off to Hillis about 10 times when there were already 16 defenders who had busted through the line. Even Hillis can't take on 16 guys by himself.

New England Replaytriots

Wow,Cleveland really played poorly at the end. Very bad play calling.

Making the pick was a blunder.

Man, how many times is Sanchez going to escape a sure sack?

Gotta stop 'em now. One more first down and it's game over.

Boy, 44 seconds is a lot of time left for the Jets...

Awesome game. I hope Hillis will be the hero.

Formerly Stone said:

Actually, people who know a bit about football refer to it as the Pittsburgh, played their worst game of the season and still win the Superbowl despite officiating that sucked on both sides of the ball, Steelers!

Whenever I talk to Stealers fans about that game, I use "air quotes".

I'll say (using two-fingered air quotes ask I talk): Hey, you guys really were the "best" team that day. You guys "earned" that "win". "Congratulations!"

It drives them nuts. Hehe.

My personal favorite is the Arizona Lardinals.

hehe

Folks in Seattle, with memories of their Super Bowl loss to Pittsburgh, also refer to that team as:

The Pittsburgh Stealers

AFC EAST

New York Bi-Planes

New England Traitors

Miami Sardines

Buffalo Chips

AFC NORTH

Pittsburgh Givers

Baltimore Crows

Cleveland Skid Marks

Cininatti Bungles

AFC SOUTH

Tennessee Pushovers

Indianapolis Ponies

Jacksonville Kittens

Houston Jockstraps (from their logo)

AFC WEST

Kansas City Chefs

Oakland Faiders

San Diego Dolts

Denver Donkies

NFC EAST

New York Midgets

Philadelphia Parakeets

Washington Psoriasis

Dallas Cowgirls

NFC NORTH

Green Bay Blue Cheese

Chicago Teddy Bears

Minnesota Visqueens

Detroit Edsels

NFC SOUTH

Atlanta Pit Bull Fighters

New Orleans Sinners

Tampa Bay Seafaring Rapscallions

Carolina Pandas

NFC WORST

St. Louis Hams

Seattle Sea Chickens

Arizona Lardinals

San Francisco Negative 49'ers

I posted these nicknames in another thread on this site (my "Peyton Hillis is Da Man!" thread), but since there's now a thread dedicated to nicknames, I thought I'd offer up a few of my own:

Peyton "Place" Hillis

Peyton "Dragster" Hillis

Peyton "Sasquatch" Hillis (then he could have a tag line like "Don't mess with the Sasquatch!")

Peyton "Bruiser" Hillis

Peyton "I'm Fast Enough and Mean Enough, and Dawg' Gonnit: People Like Me!" Hillis

Peyton "Eat This!" Hillis

Peyton "Josh McDaniels is an Idiot!" Hillis

Peyton "North/South" Hillis

Peyton "Hillbilly" Hillis

Peyton "No Nonsense" Hillis

Peyton "Da Rock" Hillis

Peyton "Down" Hillis

Hillis' new Hannibal Lecter facemask has to be one of the coolest facemasks of all time! Freakin awesome!

I *had* to resurrect this thread after Peyton Hillis's career performance against the New England Patriots in Week #9.

184 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD's, and 3 receptions for 36 yards. Are you kidding me? There were at least three "highlight reel" plays in that game, too (Hillis leaping over a defender to start the game, his schweet sideline catch for nearly 30 yards, and his bust-away run to seal the deal at the end of the game).

I couldn't be happier for the guy. Stoopid Josh "Stalin" McDaniels deserves to be shredded for trading away Hillis, and Holmgren deserves unending praise for being able to spot this diamond in the rough. (Actually, all Holmgren had to do was watch highlights from the Broncos 2008 season when Hillis ripped it up. Apparently, McDaniels is too smart to have watched any highlight reels from 2008 when he took over the Broncos and promptly dismantled the team.)

Here's a link to Yahoo! Sports, where McDoofus is called out for making one of the most terrible, most lopsided trades in Broncos history:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=AsiJ...andlosers110710

Go Hillis! You 'da man!

@richiswhere said:

About as hillbilly as it goes. Can't believe the Browns PR people let him go up there like that.

http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/media-cente...e4-717cea03bf55

Are you kidding me? Hillbilly? No way. Peyton Hillis has to be about the most down-to-earth football player I've listened to in years. He reminds me of a quieter, more religious version of Brett Favre. The guy is so unassuming and humble. His press conference was refreshing, especially if you stack it up against a-hole Randy Moss's recent press conference.

What more could you ask for? Southern accent? Got it. Nice guy with his hat on backwards? Got it. Friendly references to "The Good Lord" without sounding like a preacher? Got it. A guy who somehow manages to spit into a water bottle without looking like he stepped out of "Deliverance"? Got it. And to top it off the guy has slayed both the Ravens and the Patriots on the field. Peyton Hillis is the real deal, and the Browns front office should do *more* to get him out there in the public eye, not less!

Bottom line: Peyton "Dozer" Hillis is Da Man!

As a life-long Broncos with a deep hatred for our new little dictator of a head coach, Josh "McStalin" McDaniels, I couldn't be happier for Hillis or for the hard-luck Browns. Congrats on your win today, and nice job sticking it to McStalin with the trade of Brady Q-ster for Peyton Hillis.

@next2nothing said:

Yeah, let's just write off our team in the first quarter because they didn't come out and blow the doors off the stadium...

Hillis is our new feature back and we fleeced the Broncos so bad in that trade.

No doubt that you guys came out ahead, but it was because of Josh "McStalin's" hubris, not because we were fleeced by a tricky Cleveland front office.

McDaniels gave up on Hillis last year and kept him on the bench for most of the season. Apparently, Hillis didn't "fit in" with McStalin's grandiose plans for keeping Denver mired in mediocrity. So he got rid of Hillis along with every other decent player on the team (Jay Cutler, Brandon Marshall, and Tony Scheffler to name a few).

I've always liked Hillis and thought he would be a big star under Shannyham. Then he had that horrible injury at the end of the season and then McStalin rode into town. Now I want Hillis to rush for 1500 yards and 23 touchdown with Da Browns. And I want Cutler to lead Da Bears deep into the playoffs just to humiliate our new little dictator.

Go Hillis! You Da Man!

I say let Harrison do all the hard work, then give the rock to Hillis on 1st and goal and let him punch it in for a TD. I'm starting Hillis on my fantasy team tomorrow in the floater spot (my QB options are Stafford and Kolb, both of whom are badly injured).

I think with Jake D. sitting out, Mangini will play things conservatively and run the ball most of the game.

My Excel spreadsheet is predicting an 18-8 win for Cleveland.

GO HILLIS!