Getty ImagesPeyton Hillis has arrived in Kansas City, and he has big plans for what the Chiefs’ running game can do.
“I’m excited about being here,” Hillis said. “With Jamaal Charles and Dexter McCluster in the backfield, I think we’ll have a huge backfield that can do some really great things.”
Last season Thomas Jones and Jackie Battle got the bulk of the carries in Kansas City, with Jones leading the team with 153 rushing attempts and Battle having 149. Both players are leaving this year, and the Chiefs are hopeful that a 1-2 punch of Charles and Hillis, with McCluster as a third-down back, will give them one of the best backfields in football.
One of the reasons Hillis is so confident he can return to form in Kansas City is that Brian Daboll is the offensive coordinator, just as he was in Cleveland in 2010 when Hillis had his breakout season.
“He believed in me and believed what I could do,” Hillis said of Daboll. “What he does works. I’m very excited about the opportunity to be a Chief.”
If Hillis looks like he did in 2010 and Charles looks like he did in 2010, every Kansas City fan should be excited, too.
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Peyton Hillis: A Farce To Be Reckoned With
It’d be even more of a force if the O-line looked something like – Albert, Asamoah, Hudson, DeCastro, Winston.
Peyton is actually right! Charles, Hillis and Dexter. That’s a 1-2-3 punch right there. Hopefully Cassell don’t fumble the ball handing it off to these guys.
…or so the CIA tells him…
It was better with Charles and Thomas Jones….
Now it’s Charles, McCluster and a guy with NO HEART
If the Chiefs wanted a power half back with heart they should have traded for Tim Tebow.
Peyton may have had his head swell with his rush of success, but the fact remains that he is a freaking beast.
Sorry but this guy has had one good, not great, one good season from his entire pro and collegiate career. One!
Hillis obviously isn’t the smartest guy on Earth. He turned down 5 mil per year last off season; How did that work out for him?
I would worry more about Hillis fumbling than I would about Cassell.
He’s right. Too bad their QB isn’t.
Peyton also thought he was worth $5-6 million a year for 5 years before the start of the 2011 season… how did that work out?
Let me put this in prospective Chris Johnson’s worst year stats are almost identical to Peyton Hillis BEST year stats. lmao
Chiefs fans – you guys have potential to have a great RB that will run over almost anyone. However, be prepared for him to fumble once or twice a game. He may cause a turnover every time, but he will fumble. His wanting to hurdle every defender mentality gets him in trouble far too often.
They have McCluster at running back, and another type of cluster at quarterback.
Peyton Hillis, A force to be reckoned with.
As long as he dosent have a sore throat.
Funny, he said the same thing about strep throat last year.
Peyton Hillis will be a good complimentary back on an average in KC team. But he’s got to be elated to (now) be on an average team instead of the laughable browns.
Wait, is Hillis calling the backfield a “Dream Team?” Print up the Superbowl trophy tee-shirts!
Check his fullback situation. Did he have one, and how good.
Cleveland south side!
I would dearly love to know why I’m not allowed to criticize Peyton Hillis on this site. If he needs the moderators to shield him from a little gal like me saying he’s a diva, then heaven help him when he runs into a linebacker.
I cant wait till they play the browns so he can ram the football so far up the browns ass that H&H can taste bacon. The browns management are the most incompotent bunch in the leauge