Taysom Hill Prepared To Fill Multiple Roles Throughout The Season
Saints TE Taysom Hill was too much to handle for the Seattle Seahawks as New Orleans won 39-32 on Sunday.
Taysom Hill has had time at quarterback as well as wide receiver this season. On Sunday he threw for a score and rushed for three touchdowns to secure the win in a topsy-turvy game.
Head coach Dennis Allen and quarterback Andy Dalton both praised Hill’s versatility after the game.
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“Look, I just work here and do what they ask,” Taysom Hill said. “Every week I go in and I prepare for what I’m going to be asked to do. It’s just a fluid deal, and I anticipate it being that way at least for the rest of the season.”
“I mean he’s such a weapon, and there’s nobody else like him,” said quarterback Andy Dalton.
“If you’re a defense you have to prepare for so much with him, because you never know where he’s going to line up. So, his performance today, it’s hard to match. All the stuff he can do, and all the stuff he was able to do to today to help us win. He’s special.”
“Look, I’ve got to give (offensive coordinator) Pete Carmichael and the offensive staff a lot of credit for the game plan that they put together, they operated it very well,” Allen said.Â
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“We talked earlier in the week, and Pete and I were talking, and he felt like some of the run game stuff we could do with Taysom in the game could be really good against (Seattle), and he was right. Taysom was really effective.
“I think any time you have a guy that can play the quarterback position and he can affect the game with his legs, it creates a challenge for the defense because now you have to play 11-on-11 football,” Allen said after the game. “If you start creeping your safety down too far in the box, he can still do some things in the passing game, so yeah, it’s a good piece to have.”
