05-10-2021, 09:15 AM
(05-10-2021, 12:34 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: You went back to '16 because he did indeed have a horrible fumbling problem his first two years. It hasn't been a problem the last 3, though. 9 of those 16 fumbles were in '16 and '17 despite only touching the ball 151 times.
In the last 3 years (203 touches) he has 7, which is fairly reasonable for a returner considering those touches don't include fair catches.
I just went back to 16 because that encompassed his entire career here. While I agree that he did improve his fumbling issue, I wouldn’t say it is fairly reasonable. If Mixon had seven fumbles on his first 203 touches this year, we wouldn’t be happy.
Also, to narrow it down, 12 of those 16 fumbles were on punt returns. That’s 12 fumbles on 229 touches on punt return duty, fair catches included. Five of those fumbles came over the last three years, on 124 touches. He went from fumbling every 15 touches in 2016/2017 to every 24 touches until his release.
Does all of this mean he was awful? No. I do think it was his biggest problem, though.
