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Denver Broncos again comes into the highlight because of their most recent trade Peyton Hillis. Hillis lit up the stat line again yesterday. Right about now, the Broncos could sure use his power, sure hands, and explosiveness. Hillis would be a player who almost singlehandedly destroyed Hoodie Sr. and the Patriots, en route to 220 yards from scrimmage and two touchdowns – a guy who through eight games is on pace to rush for 1,288 yards and score 16 total touchdowns.

Though McDaniels never took the time to try and know what Hillis was capable of accomplishing. Despite Hillis’ five yards per carry average and five TDs in a meager 68 rushing attempts in 2008, he didn’t get a sniff when McDaniels took over. Instead, the new regime, in its infinite wisdom, went out of its way to try almost anyone at running back other than Hillis. They drafted Knowshon Moreno, signed J.J. Arrington, and scooped up injury-addled veterans Correll Buckhalter and LaMont Jordan, into the abyss Hillis went, never to be heard from again in 2009, save for 13 meaningless carries in 14 games.The truth is, McDaniels never believed in Hillis but Hillis keeps believing in himself and success caught in his hand.

Hindsight is cruel in the NFL, and Hillis’ success is downright merciless for a Broncos team that can’t run the football (last in the NFL heading into this weekend) and has watched Moreno struggle to stay on the field.Turn back into form, Hillis would be the terrible weapon for Denver Broncos and they could make better performance in rest of the NFL 2010.