RADIO
Alright, it's time for me to just own up to this one and admit that I was dead wrong on Jeremy Hill this year. I had been talking Hill up as a lock to finish within the top-10 at running back and it's looking like the Cincinnati Bengals are in a genuine committee that will feature Giovani Bernard way more than anticipated. Not only that, but Bernard is actually being productive enough to warrant more touches. The top-10 breakout likely isn't coming for Hill, so the more accurate approach to this backfield is to view both guys as RB2s the rest of the way.
The thing is, the Bengals have continuously come out and said they want to reestablish their ground game with an emphasis on Jeremy Hill as their starter. That makes it difficult for me to just flat out bench him or trade him away for peanuts. If the team wasn't so adamant about that particular aspect of their offense, I'd be more inclined to bail on the guy completely. Instead, I'm cautiously optimistic that he can still be productive it's just that the bar has been significantly lowered.
This is technically Hill's third appearance on this list, so barring a significant change in usage or production, this will be the last you see of him in my columns. My final analysis on Jeremy Hill going forward is that he should be a decent RB2 with enough upside to warrant starting. That being said, if you were lucky enough to land some depth at running back with someone like Arian Foster or Todd Gurley as your RB3, maybe take a gander at your bench and see if you have a better flex option than Hill. I was wrong about this one, folks. Please forgive me?
