Browns’ Hillis to get more carries

NFL.com Staff | Tags: Peyton Hillis, Cleveland Browns, Montario Hardesty

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Perhaps channeling his inner Mike Shanahan, Browns coach Pat Shurmur says he wants to get more touches for Peyton Hillis. This comes nearly two weeks after Shurmur talked about getting more carries for Montario Hardesty. In Hillis’ Week 3 absence, Hardesty had 14 carries for 67 yards. Then in Week 4, with Hillis back on the field, the pair split carries — 10 for Hillis, seven for Hardesty — lending credence to Shurmur’s previous statement.

If the Browns really are leaning toward Hillis getting more touches, it will either come at the expense of Hardesty or in the form of fewer passing attempts for Colt McCoy (who threw the ball 61 times on Sunday). Since the number of passing attempts is partially dictated by the score, it sounds as though Hardesty might be headed back to the four carries per game he was getting in the first two weeks of the season. For fantasy owners with Hillis on the roster, it’s good news for the near future. But if Shurmur changed his mind once, he’s liable to do it again. Stay tuned.

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Titans RB Johnson wants more carries

Published: December 8th, 2010 | Tags: Chris Johnson, Tennessee Titans

It was just a year ago we referred to Chris Johnson as “CJ2K.” But Johnson has just 58 yards rushing the last two games. He told NFL Network the problem hasn’t been opposing defenses but rather that the Titans have lacked execution, and openly lobbied for more carries as part of the solution.

“I won’t put it on those defenses and say that they really stopped me,” Johnson said. “It was just a thing where we were one-dimensional and I didn’t really have the opportunity to run the ball. It all goes back to, as an offense, we have to stay on the field and complete third downs and get drives going.

“If the ball is being handed off to me, and I’m given more carries than I’ve been given, then we should have a successful game and we should be putting up points. The whole thing is that I’m not pointing out one person or one group on the offense. I’m pointing out the offense as a whole. We just have to stay on the field and execute the plays.”

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