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Bengals RB Jeremy Hill on his frustrating season: I'm 'past that'

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Despite the fact they'd just clinched a playoff berth, there was a pall hanging over the Cincinnati Bengals' locker room late Sunday afternoon.

There wasn't a lot of hollering. There wasn't much shouting. There wasn't any dancing. There were very few joyful exclamations.

Perhaps no player was as straight-faced and non-celebratory as running back Jeremy Hill, the second-year standout who only rushed for 31 yards on 19 carries, yet had a pair of key one-yard touchdowns that powered the 24-14 win. Like the others, Hill was already focused on next Monday night and the possibility of locking up the AFC's No.