The Cincinnati Bengals made the surprising decision to stick with head coach Marvin Lewis after another disappointing season. However, the same can not be said for a number of players and personnel who will be departing this offseason, including running back Jeremy Hill.

Hill is set to become a free agent after a grueling 2017 season. Despite coming off the worst campaign of his four-year career, he is not worried about his prospects this offseason, according to Jim Owczarski of The Cincinnati Enquirer:

“I’m not nervous at all,” Hill said. “I think the chips will fall where they may, and I’m good with that going forward. I’m going to put the work in and when you do that you can sleep good at night knowing you did everything you could, and that’s what I’m going to do.”

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It was not long ago that Hill made up half of one of the NFL's most promising young backfields alongside Giovanni Bernard. However, that quickly changed this season when the Bengals selected Joe Mixon in the second round of the 2017 NFL Draft.

Cincinnati largely relied on a running game by committee, and eventually Hill became the odd man out before undergoing season-ending ankle surgery. The fourth-year back out of LSU ran for just 116 yards on 37 carries in seven games.

That said, Hill may have seen his time with Cincinnati coming to an end, ultimately wanting to make sure he was as healthy as possible for the offseason. Three years removed from his last 1,000-yard season, it's unclear what kind of interest Hill will garner on the open market.