Justice Hill Camp Update — August 23: One Stuffed Run Is the Whole File

Justice Hill's entire reported week is one carry. In Wednesday's joint practice with the Vikings he had a run attempt stuffed in 11-on-11 work, per Giana Han at The Baltimore Banner — one rep in a session Minnesota's defense dominated against everybody wearing purple. He was not mentioned in coverage of Saturday's 13 to three win in Minneapolis, where the veterans sat and Jonathan Ward started at running back, with Elijah Tau-Toliver catching three passes out of the backfield, per Quentin Corpuel at the team's site. Adam Randall, the rookie who ran 12 times in the opener, drew no stat line in the recap either, so the week produced nothing on the passing-down split that will decide Hill's role.

For a first-time listener: our June preview said Hill's value lives in a specific job — the passing-down back behind Derrick Henry, 21 catches in 10 games last year before a neck injury ended his season — and that the job was safer than the body, with Randall drafted as the long-term threat. A week of one stuffed run and a healthy scratch alongside the other veterans moves none of that, in either direction.

The calendar will move it instead. Baltimore plays Washington on Saturday and cuts to 53 on Sunday, August 30, and a backfield currently carrying Henry, Hill, Randall, Ward, Tau-Toliver and Rasheen Ali — who sat out Wednesday's joint practice, per Han — cannot keep everyone. Watch whether Hill gets passing-down work in the finale, and how many backs survive cut day behind Henry. We'll check after cut day.

_Data via nflverse._