Do We Need More Mixon?

[kevin]

(10-24-2021, 06:09 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: I was upset that we didn't use Mixon more early, especially with how much they were blitzing and how often Burrow was getting him.

Mixon's a playmaker, but he also can help neutralize the pass rush and keep them in check, especially with our line struggling to protect Burrow.  

I'm not saying that we need to come out and run the ball into the dirt, but we only ran him once on the first drive twice the second drive, and none the third drive.

We won, but Burrow got killed. We need to establish the run game, especially with runners like Mixon and then also Perine.

It will get cold in Cincinnati, making it harder to throw, and we'll also need to control the game more when there other team's offense is clicking better than the Ravens were today.

Think Taylor sees it or am I wrong?

You are wrong. 

Baltimore most of the game had EVERYBODY on the D LINE in the 1985 Bears Defense to stuff the run and clobber Burrow.   

However as game went on, Burrow escaped the pass rush to find tight end Uzomah wide open for a long touchdown pass. 

Then Burrow escaped the rush again and hit tight end Uzomah for another wide open long touchdown pass 

Then Burrow escaped again and flipped the ball to Chase, and once Chase avoided a tackle, a long touchdown pass run. 

So Baltimore OVER PLAYED THE RUN and THE QUARTERBACK RUSH.  Baltimore many times had 11 men on the Line of scrimmage like the old 1985 Bears.  This is why Mixon was shut down most of the game.  That Defense would have beat most teams.  Bengals burned it for 3 long touchdown passes, because once you get past those 11 defenders all on the line to stuff Mixon and Burrow, there is nobody back to tackle Uzomah or Chase. 

Then late in 4th quarter the Ravens changed Defenses, and dropped more players in pass coverage, and that's when Mixon and Perine scored.  

You take what the Defense gives you, and Ravens most of the game had the entire Defense up to stop the run and also clobber Burrow.  However putting EVERYBODY on the D Line was how Ravens got burned.  Oh, yes, they stuffed Mixon most of the game and laid a lot of shots on Burrow, but those 3 times Burrow escaped and hit the open man killed the Ravens, because Ravens had NOBODY back to tackle once Uzomah and Chase were past 11 on the line.   That is the danger of playing The 1985 Bears Defense and putting all 11 Defenders up on the D Line.  I saw Joe Paterno at Penn State Over Play the Run many times also.  If you can get the ball to a receiver, over all those defenders up on the line, it just kills that Defense.  

So Coach Taylor and Joe Burrow did it PERFECT.....and THAT is how you beat that type Defense the Ravens were in to stuff Mixon and clobber Burrow. 

Now had The Bengals ran Mixon all day into Ravens in that Defense of everybody up to stuff the run and clobber Burrow, The Ravens would have won 40 to 0......When a team goes into The 1985 Bears Defense, you can not run. The ONLY way to beat it is to go Dan Marino, and THAT is what Bengals did.