Hue Jackson tells Jeremy Hill to play better

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"(The Bucs) game-planned it pretty well," (Jeremy) Hill told Bengals.com. "They brought a safety down. Whenever we caught them in a two-[safety]-high, we ran the ball pretty well. When Andy made his checks, they kind of brought the safety down."

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"I don't know what Jeremy says," (Bengals OC Hue) Jackson said. "They weren't responding to Andy's check. "Jeremy don't play quarterback. What Jeremy needs to do is run the ball. What Jeremy wants to do -- I don't care if it's eight men or seven men -- break tackles, OK? That's what running backs do. They break tackles and that's it. At the end of the day, his job is to run through somebody and come out the other side and go find a way to score, period. So all his drop-down, who did this, did what -- that ain't his call."

Pressed about still needing an extra player to block the safety, Jackson continued. Referring to passing scenarios when teams bring extra rushers, he said it was the running back's responsibility to check that extra player.

"He has to block the safety," Jackson said. "Didn't you just say eighth man in the box? That's the back's job. The great back, that's his job. So that's what you need to tell Jeremy for me."

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I was going to play Hill over Gio this week, now I'm not so sure. Gio still getting red zone work -- I believe he played every snap in the RZ last week.