Maybe Hillis doesn’t fit into McD’s system, or maybe he had a different personality than McD was looking for. But as for who is the better football player… Hillis all day, everyday. All Hillis ever did was what ever coach asked him… blocked, caught, and ran hard at TE, FB, and RB. Quinn was going to be released by the Browns anyway.

Quinn is a pretty boy, Hillis is a work horse. I don’t think this trade will affect the outcome of our season too much, but the Browns definatly got the better end of the stick.

I hope this is the only thing that McD does wrong. Payton is a player, like Tebow is a player, not quite the same but close. He will prove people wrong.

Though one of the team favorites something just didn’t click with McD. Doubt we will ever find out but I for one will always keep an eye on how Hillis is doing in Cleveland.

I hope that we got the better end of the deal, that Quinn will make good on his skills. I’m not about to doubt Hillis though.

I just hope that we don’t have to deal with a full charging Peyton Hillis coming at our defense any time soon.

Trading Hillis was one of McD’s decisions I still question. If the Broncos have trouble with RB depth next season it will go right back to the Hillis/Quinn trade. IMHO Hillis was a potential offensive weapon never fully utilized by coach McD. I hope one of the UFAs we signed can fill in as the 3rd RB on the depth chart. Oh, Coach McD is doing a great job of filling the roster with hard working players without issues so pass on Lendale White.

I think this is going to be a trade we regret as Bronco fans for many years to come. I wish Hillis the best of luck.

For a kid to come out of college and have that kind of impact when he got his chance to make plays due to injuries to starters, and on top of that throw in a Mile High Salute, means he really was a Bronco, and wanted to be one.

I will trust in Coach on this one, but from the outside, it sure is sad to lose the Rumblin’ Redneck. Best of luck, Peyton.

from everything I’ve ever seen on/about him. I too, will be wishing him the best and following his career in Cleveland. Tear it up Peyton! (unless it’s against Us, then, my friend, you must be stopped – we’ll have to have some Defensive players learn a little from Chuck Norris to do so)
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I’ll always miss you being a Bronco, especially against the Chiefs!!!!

I wish him the best of luck…… except against us.

Just hang on to that meatball.

Would you expect anything less from an NFL player who was traded? You had better be trying to show your FO that they made a great deal.

SIGH

This is not front page worthy John…should have stuck in a fanshot

Was another guy who succeeded in Shanahans running scheme. This guy was a Mike Anderson who could catch well. If he was truely a stud, he would have been successful in a power scheme as well. Probably would have been better. Hillis is an above average receiving fullback who looked good (who doesn’t?) In Shanahans zone blocking scheme for a couple games. Wish him the best and wouldn’t mind if he proved me wrong, but never felt he could ever consistantly contribute.

the snake skin cowboy boots and country music during warmups.
Good luck Hillis.

Hillis has some talent and I enjoyed him while I was here, but since he’s not, I don’t care anymore. Good luck to him as with all other Browns except when they play us because Cleveland deserves a winner

while he was here, that should read

is that Hillis doesn’t seem to know any more than the rest of us why he wasn’t playing. Before this article it struck me as just as possible that Hillis knew why and wasn’t letting on.

At this point I’m thinking it’s got to be for a good reason (because McD strikes me as a fair coach) that is not a good idea to speak aloud for PR reasons. And what I’m thinking is that Peyton might just not have proven an ability to get a good grasp of McD’s offense. Good coaches can’t say that a player is better suited for a “simpler, more straightforward” offense. There’s just not a nice way to say that.

is that he was traded, not cut. And he wasn’t traded for magic beans either, he was traded for a very good young quarterback (I forgot what else was in the trade…future 5th?). That says something about how good he is right there.

I don’t think McX went to Cleveland and said, “What will you give us for the Albino Rhino?” It is more likely that he said, “What do we have to do to get Brady Quinn?”

I don’t think it is fair to say that McX “got rid” of Hillis. We traded him. When you buy a steak dinner, do you say that you “got rid” of your money? No, you say you bought dinner. Cementing our QB position was more important than solidifying the RB corp. So we got Quinn. Or Quinner. Steak Quinner.

McD has proven over and over again that he is a control “freak” and is ego driven. My personal feeling about the Hillis affair is that as “Broncoman” said “since all through training camp all we heard was McD was in love with what Hillis could do”. Not agreeing with or not saying the Bronco “politically correct” words or disagreeing with the “boss” could put any player in McD,s doghouse. When McD puts star quality players on the bench when we had an outside shot at the playoffs in the final game last year and many times refused to allow Hillis a 3rd or 4th down and short shot at making key yardage shows me it is all about small stature McD,s ego. He promotes “team” all the time but in actions he is a little Napoleon. You don’t see “Doom” or Orton, or Dawkins sporting any new “big money” contracts after all they did for “team” last year. McD will create a winning team and will return the Bronco,s to contender status, but it will be over the bodies of some great players who sacrificed for “Team” and were never rewarded. I would eventually like to learn the “real” story behind the Hillis trade because it certainly has NOT been published. Good luck Peyton Hillis, I am rooting for you!!