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The only thing that's out of context is that I made any suggestion that Hill "should" throw the ball more.This is being taken out of context now. My initial response was to the suggestion that he should come in and throw the ball more...
Payton said himself that he gave Hill's those snaps, including passing snaps, to stress opposing defenses.
It's not true that Taysom started throwing long attempts as Drew's arm got weaker. Drew attempted more long passes than Hill. Hill did not attempt many long passes. Most of Hill's pass attempts were less than 20 yards. A lot of Hill's passes were inside the red zone. Brees had plenty of arm strength to make all of those passes.
Payton didn't use Hill to make passes that Brees couldn't, that just doesn't reflect what actually happened. Payton subbed in Hill for Winston this year to throw some passes. Did Payton sub Hill in for Winston because Winston's arm got weaker or because Hill could make throws that Winston couldn't?
If Hill is not the starting QB, unless Payton completely changes his coaching philosophy and strategy, then he will most likely continue to give Hill some QB snaps, just like he has for the past 3 seasons.
Since he does it to give defenses a lot to prepare for and Hill was throwing the ball well in his last game, then it's likely that he'll increase the number and variety of passing plays that he calls for Hill, to give defenses that much more to prepare for.
None of that is me saying Payton "should" have Hill throw the ball more. I'm saying that based on what we've seen and heard from Payton over the last few years, I think he's going to keep adding to what he has Hill do when he subs him in at QB.