Bengals Rb Battle Joe Mixon Will Scale Jeremy Hill Even Sooner Than Expected
For the past three seasons, Cincinnati has relied on the committee of Jeremy Hill and Giovani Bernard, to mixed health and results. Hill, drafted in the second round in 2014, has been the team’s leading rusher in that span as the power back replacement for BenJarvus Green-Ellis. Hill dominated as a rookie at 5.1 yards per carry, but with near-exact workloads (222, 223 and 233 carries), he’s maintained only his TDs since, as that number has plummeted to 3....