Why not use Hillis?

Josh McDaniels is stubbornly sticking with his decision to use Moreno and Buckhalter as his RBs, even when Hillis just might be the answer to short yardage conversions. Radio talk shows were buzzing with fan complaints about this after the game on Monday and Tuesday. They want Hillis to carry the ball.

So Sports Illustrated asked the coach:

Hey Josh, is Hillis in the doghouse or something?

"He's not in the doghouse,'' McDaniels said. Apparently Spenser Larsen injured his back on the opening kickoff, leaving Hillis as the only fullback on the team, and that is his reason for not using him for those short yardage opportunities.

McDaniels said, "We've had a pretty good running game with Buckhalter and Moreno this year, and that's why we're not going to change it.''

McDaniels blamed the short-yardage failures on poor blocking by the offensive line, not bad runs by Moreno. Dave Logan of the ride home also was saying that same thing, and Dave also said that even Jim Brown could not have made yardage that day against the Colts.

Kyle Orton also agreed with Dave and Josh by saying "Knowshon runs the ball pretty tough in short yardage. I mean, he can't run through everybody,'' Orton said. "We've got to do a better job of blocking for him, do a better job of getting the surge. And that's on everybody on the offense, not just Knowshon. So, we've got good short-yardage backs and Peyton's a good one, as well, but this isn't Knowshon's problem. This is an offensive problem.''

Thanks to SI for their great article on this: [link to SI]

So do you agree with Josh and Kyle? Us fans are a rowdy bunch aren't we?