Eric Mangini wants to put a 'red light' on Peyton Hillis' fumbling

[Legendary]

All Eric and Mike have to do is apologise to Jim Brown, and make him work with Peyton Hillis as he is one of best running back in the game.

[Enigmatic Evil]

It would be sick if we had Jim Brown mentoring our running backs in a coaching capacity but I think Jim Brown is miffed that he wasn't offered a 'more important' front office job. He was just going to be offered an honorary position wasn't he?

Don't get me wrong. I love Jim and respect his accomplishments but the way he reacted to the team in the last year has really come of as petty and disrespectful to the team. I would be glad if the team extended that olive branch but IMO the ball is in Jim Browns court to patch things up, not the teams.

[Greythan]

We're honestly making the assertion that a muscular man is at a disadvantage to secure the football compared to a less muscular man?

I can barely type I'm laughing so hard. Someone, PLEASE educate this poor football novice with a link to a study showing the correlation of bicep size to fumble rate. PLEASE!

On a serious note, it has nothing to do with the size of his arms. Its that type of talk that had folks still talking about Tiger Wood's physique as he was winning major after major.

He needs to work on his ball security techniques. Nothing more, nothing less.

[Enigmatic Evil]

Originally Posted by Greythan

We're honestly making the assertion that a muscular man is at a disadvantage to secure the football compared to a less muscular man?

I can barely type I'm laughing so hard. Someone, PLEASE educate this poor football novice with a link to a study showing the correlation of bicep size to fumble rate. PLEASE!

On a serious note, it has nothing to do with the size of his arms. Its that type of talk that had folks still talking about Tiger Wood's physique as he was winning major after major.

He needs to work on his ball security techniques. Nothing more, nothing less.

It's clear Hillis' gotta stop flexing his muscles while he's running and save the gun show for after he's been downed.

I agree that the assertion his arm size in relation to the fumbles is pretty funny overall. It's just a matter that Hillis needs to work on his fundamentals. The fact that he was brought up as a fullback and managed to show that he's got legitimate ability running the ball as well goes to show one thing.

I think it's his lack of experience with being a full time RB that is accounting for the number of fumbles he's made this season. He will be improved, or at least, he will have to improve if he wants to keep the #1 job.