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When compiling a list of things from Thursday night that were worse than previously believed, it would seem that the line starts and ends with Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton.

One of Dalton’s teammates disagrees with that assessment, however. Running back Jeremy Hill, who saw his output drop from 154 rushing yards in Week Nine to 55 against Cleveland, thought that the Browns also failed to live up to advanced billing.

“Oh no, not at all. They’re probably worse than I thought, to be honest with you. They didn’t do anything special to me. I mean, respect to them, they won the game. But that’s all I’ll give them,” Hill said, via ESPN.com. “Those guys, they’re not that good. It was on us [Thursday]. We gave them the game, in my opinion. They didn’t do anything special. We just gave them the game. They just sat back with coverage the whole day.”

When the quarterback of the other team is unable to differentiate between his players, your players and fans in the stands, the choice to sit back in coverage can hardly be criticized as a shortcoming when you wind up allowing a grand total of 165 yards. It’s the wise thing to do and it paid off handsomely for the Browns, who will get another chance to impress Hill on December 14.

The rest of the season will tell the tale of how good the Browns are, but neither Hill nor anyone else on the Bengals can really throw stones from a glass house that’s currently located in third place in the AFC North.