Browns wide receiver Josh Cribbs has come to the aide of Peyton Hillis, saying that Cleveland's locker room never questioned the running back's commitment. Hillis came under fire after missing Week 3's game against the Dolphins with strep throat, which some construed as a protest against his slow-moving contract negotiations. "It's been blown out of proportion," Cribbs said. "In the locker room, if it was a guy we that, you know, we really didn't think they deserved it, we'd all be like 'Man, what is you doing?' You'd hear mimicking ... snickering and talking behind their back, and we'd kind of pull that guy to the side and say, "Hey, man, just keep playing, and hopefully you'll get it one day.' "But it's Peyton Hillis you're talking about, the guy on the Madden cover, the guy that had all the accolades last year, and he comes out ready to play and ball out every game. So, you don't question a guy like that on the team."