I'm not sure where you got that idea. A few people around here that far over-valued Hill may have mentioned something of the sort, but most of us felt Ben Watson would step into the primary TE role. Then again, I don't remember any of us promoting Watson ever saying that there would not be a drop off at the position. Personally, I was never overly impressed with Hill.

Sean said that about Hill.

And yet he hardly used Hill at all once the season started. Was he simply trying to inflate his perceived value?

He spoke of him like the second coming after Graham left. He's a great athlete, but it seemed to be more of Sean trying to instill confidence in Josh via public comments. Something was just off with his play.