07-05-2021, 10:13 PM
(07-05-2021, 08:16 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: It is going to be interesting to see the board reaction when "Pollack" isn't the magical cureall word that solves all the Bengals offensive problems that people have been making it for the last 6 months.
The Jets didn't exactly prosper under Pollack.
Mediocre/bad RBs often have 1 year highs that are just never recreated. We've seen it a ton just in the AFCN even. Cedric Benson in 2009, Peyton Hillis in 2010, Jeremy Hill in 2014, Justin Forsett in 2014, Alex Collins in 2017, James Connor in 2018... that's just off the top of my head in the AFCN.
Also worth noting, Mixon has missed multiple games in 3 of his 4 seasons. He's not exactly durable, so even if he does go back to 2018 form, I highly highly doubt that he's a legitimate 2,000 all-purpose yard candidate. In 2018 he was 536 yards shy of that mark and that was his career best. That's not a small amount away.
Le'Veon Bell was the last guy to go to 2k in the AFCN (in 2014) and only roughly 1 person per year gets there in all of the NFL, with zero repeats since Ray Rice did it in '09 and '11.
Last time I heard someone talk about 2k yards for a Bengals RB was Jeremy Hill heading into the 2015 season "they should give him the ball 30 times a game!"
In this era of the NFL very few RBs produce at a high level
For a long time.funny those RBs you listed peaked at one year
And then soon after those teams quickly moved on from them
Peyton Hillis was the only weapon The Browns had.
Mangini basically ran a high school offense
Then Hillis then mentally checked out
Jeremy Hill was never the same after the fumble.
Then I forgot who the OC was the year after..Zampese?. Somehow thought it was genius
Giving Hill the ball on the 1st drive then.shutting him.down
Hill is out of league now.
Forsett was a journeyman. Collins was meh. But the Ravens
Had good olines.
Bell.got paid and lost his edge and desire to be great.
Mixon can achieve 2000 yards but I dont see it
Too many other weapons in.this offense that can produce
Plus I think Perrine might get some extra touches based
On.how he finished in 2020
