By Joel A. Erickson | The Advocate
CARSON, Calif. — When Taysom Hill trotted into the game to take over for Tom Savage in the third quarter of Saturday night's preseason game, Drew Brees leaned over to Mark Ingram with a smile and started listing off all the things the second-year quarterback had already done.
Hill had picked up a first down on a fake punt. Minutes later, he'd made a tackle racing down in kickoff coverage, and he'd taken just about every special-teams snap in the first half.
If Hill could just throw for a touchdown and run for a touchdown in his time at quarterback, Brees told Ingram, he'd have the kind of stat line nobody ever puts together in the NFL.
Then Hill went out and did it.
One week after stumbling in his first NFL start, Hill turned in a performance against Los Angeles that both highlights the tantalizing possibilities of his athletic and ability and illustrates the difficult path he's been asked to navigate. ...
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