11-04-2021, 03:30 PM
(11-04-2021, 12:57 PM)Tony Wrote: Because Joe Mixon is getting paid...
(11-04-2021, 01:11 PM)Sled21 Wrote: And because Joe Mixon is better.... (and that's not a shot at Perine.)
Exactly...and we want to keep him healthy, right?
So what's the harm in giving a few carries to the backups? Especially if they're performing just as well? The goal is to win, right?
That said, I think this is Mike Brown's thought process, and is probably why we rarely feed our backup RBs, even though most other teams in the league do, even with a highly paid lead back.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
