Mangini keeps mum on extent of Peyton Hillis injury: Browns Insider

[BernietheKid]

Mangini keeps mum on extent of Peyton Hillis injury: Browns Insider

Published: Monday, October 11, 2010, 10:12 PM Updated: Monday, October 11, 2010, 10:13 PM

Mary Kay Cabot, The Plain Dealer


Lisa DeJong / The Plain Dealer
A thigh injury is threatening Peyton Hillis' availability for Sunday's game against the Steelers. "There were a lot of guys that were either dinged up prior to the game or things happened during the game," Eric Mangini said about his injured Browns, "they really fought through those situations and contributed in a lot of different ways."

BEREA, Ohio -- The status of Browns running back Peyton Hillis for the Steelers game is unknown after he aggravated his pulled quad muscle against the Falcons.

Hillis limped off the field after his spectacular one-handed 19-yard touchdown catch and spent time down on the sidelines grimacing after chasing down a third-quarter interception that was nullified by a penalty.



A number of players underwent MRIs, including Jake Delhomme and Seneca Wallace, but it was not announced whether Hillis did.

"There were a lot of guys that either came into the game with things that limited them or had it during the game," said Eric Mangini. "We'll see where they are on Wednesday; I'm not going to get into the specifics of any of their injuries. We'll see how it goes throughout the course of the week."

Mangini did praise the efforts of players who played through pain.

"I appreciated some of the real gutsy efforts that were out there yesterday," he said.
"There were a lot of guys that were either dinged up prior to the game or things happened during the game -- they really fought through those situations and contributed in a lot of different ways."

With Hillis ailing and James Davis limited with a thigh injury, the Browns might also have to look for help at running back. One possibility might be Chris Jennings, who's available after being waived in the final cuts.

Way to go: Mangini congratulated Phil Dawson for tying Lou Groza's team career field goal record.

"That's not easy to do," he said. "He's been a good kicker here for a long time and I'd much rather be congratulating him after a win but we still need to recognize the incredible accomplishment that it is."

Harrison's struggles: Mangini didn't put all the blame on Jerome Harrison for Sunday's output of six yards on six carries.

"There were runs that he could have run better, but believe me, he wasn't alone," said Mangini. "We didn't block it very well, and that was across the board. Whether it was the O-line, whether it was the backs, whether it was the receivers, they did a better job than we did defending the run than we did running the ball.

"It was a group effort. He could have hit the hole better, but sometime there was no hole to be hit."

Thomas' long day: Mangini said the difficulties suffered by tackle Joe Thomas -- two sacks and one costly pressure that led to a interception – should be credited to his opponent.

"Well, one, he was going against John Abraham, who's had 100 sacks the last 10 years," he said. "There's some things he could've done better in terms of his technique, could've been more consistent with it, so I think it was a combination of those two things: a really good player and being more consistent with your technique play in and play out.

"When you face a guy like Abraham or any of those real elite pass rushers, one false step, one slow hand and it's not like some of the guys we've faced where you can recover. A small, small difference in technique equals a big play for them."

No challenge: Mangini said not challenging the Kroy Biermann interception was the right move.

"In looking at even on the coaches copy, it's hard to think that there'd be irrefutable evidence to overturn it," he said. "He kind of catches it and spins by, so it looks like he lands on his shoulder and I have a lot of faith in Dick McKenzie, who's with us each game, and his experience as a replay official and head of the replay officials. He doesn't miss that often."

Too fast a return? Mangini said Sheldon Brown didn't put himself back in the game too quickly after suffering a shoulder injury in tackling Tony Gonzalez.
Brown was down on the field for a few minutes and then came off for one play. When he went back in, the Falcons went after him and hit a 45-yard TD pass to Roddy White.

"No, I don't think it was a function of [the shoulder]," Mangini said. "[White] made a move to the outside that made [Brown] hesitate and then he looked back for the ball a little bit. That slowed him down. He missed the play by half a foot.

"Roddy White, Matt Ryan -- half a foot, it might as well be five yards."

Mangini keeps mum on extent of Peyton Hillis injury: Browns Insider | cleveland.com

[Enigmatic Evil]

Here's an idea, why don't we pull Mallett off the practice squad. CFL rookie of the year, I can say with certainty he would be a better option than Chris Jennings, Mallett is a much more explosive option than Jennings. The only advantage Jennings offers is that he knows the system and we know what he can do as a player. That and he had a pretty good game against Pittsburgh last time we played them. That's the only defense I can think of toward bring Jennings in.

If Hillis is that beat up, we should rest him. It's an ugly decision to make but the guy is the bread and butter of our offense. We already wrecked our starting QB throwing him out there last week, why sabotage the only offensive potential we've shown all season by running Peyton Hillis right onto the DL?

IF that happened, I don't even want to think of the fury I would have... I am pissed enough at the Coaches for putting Delhomme in and probably tanking his entire season because of it.

[hiwaygal]

Are thigh injuries known to be a "life-long" problem like shoulder or knee injuries can be?

[Pedros Gaff]

hillis should get goal line situations and thats it draft aj green in april and terrell pryor next year then were soorted

[BernietheKid]

Originally Posted by Enigmatic Evil

Here's an idea, why don't we pull Mallett off the practice squad. CFL rookie of the year, I can say with certainty he would be a better option than Chris Jennings, Mallett is a much more explosive option than Jennings. The only advantage Jennings offers is that he knows the system and we know what he can do as a player. That and he had a pretty good game against Pittsburgh last time we played them. That's the only defense I can think of toward bring Jennings in.

If Hillis is that beat up, we should rest him. It's an ugly decision to make but the guy is the bread and butter of our offense. We already wrecked our starting QB throwing him out there last week, why sabotage the only offensive potential we've shown all season by running Peyton Hillis right onto the DL?

IF that happened, I don't even want to think of the fury I would have... I am pissed enough at the Coaches for putting Delhomme in and probably tanking his entire season because of it.

Cleveland Browns apparently not hot on re-signing RB Chris Jennings

Published: Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 12:10 PM Updated: Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 12:23 PM

Tony Grossi, The Plain Dealer



John Kuntz, The Plain Dealer
Running back Chris Jennings, who played a key role in last year's win over the Steelers, could be headed to the UFL.

CLEVELAND -- If the Browns want to bring back running back Chris Jennings for Sunday's game in Pittsburgh, they'd better hurry.




Josh Arnold, Jennings' agent, said Tuesday, "If something doesn't happen soon, we may go the UFL (United Football League) route. There's a few teams involved there."

Jennings has been "on the street" since cut by the Browns in early September. Arnold said he has kept in touch with the Browns, but there is nothing imminent this week.

Jennings burst on the scene with a 73-yard rushing game and a 10-yard touchdown run in the Browns' 13-6 win over the Steelers in Cleveland in December. It was the club's first rush TD by a back last year.

The Browns may begin the practice week for the Steelers' game with leading rusher Peyton Hillis limited with a quadriceps muscle injury. Hillis pulled the quad at practice last week and then aggravated it at least two times in the Atlanta game on Sunday.

Cleveland Browns apparently not hot on re-signing RB Chris Jennings | cleveland.com

[damajuki]

Man, what a depressing week. Hard to get excited over no Hillis and no QB.

I like EE's idea: play the CFL kid. What the hell? Why not?

I'd like to see this coaching staff do a little more "WTF, let's go for it". This is the week to do it.

There is LITERALLY nothing to lose against the best D in football. Everything and the kitchen sink should be brought to bear.

[AdaM]

Originally Posted by hiwaygal

Are thigh injuries known to be a "life-long" problem like shoulder or knee injuries can be?

I duno about injuries, but largeness of the thighs is a common life long problem to many women

[hiwaygal]

Originally Posted by AdaM

I duno about injuries, but largeness of the thighs is a common life long problem to many women

smart ass!






lol

[Greythan]

I hear the CFL kid has trouble picking up blitzes.

[YtownBacker]

They just took care of the short yardage situations by getting Bell.

As far as thigh injuries. They can be nagging but the only way to heal them is to rest it. I just needs to heal completely because you can reinjure it with one hit or straining it like he did on the TD pass.

Sort of like a hamstring.

[hiwaygal]

Originally Posted by YtownBacker

They just took care of the short yardage situations by getting Bell.

As far as thigh injuries. They can be nagging but the only way to heal them is to rest it. I just needs to heal completely because you can reinjure it with one hit or straining it like he did on the TD pass.

Sort of like a hamstring.

The reason I asked is because I noticed he had a thigh injury in college that kept him out like half a season...sounded like it was pretty nasty. I just wondered if that would be something that is a recurring problem with him. Of course, how he plays probably has something to do with that too!! lol

[Shep]

Grossi says Hillis sat out today but is expected to play Sunday.