Why Has the Bengals Offense Collapsed?

[Joelist]

(09-26-2022, 11:16 AM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Somebody ? was it the Leonard leap said 3 or 4 years ago Mixon started trying to run like that Steelers RB what'shisname ? dancing and waiting behind the LOS. And he doesn't do well when he does that, and I agree.

Please coaches tell Mixon he's a downhill runner not a finesse dancing back. I believe this is a big part of his problem.

Mixon styles himself after Leveon Bell and it doesn't work. Staying in the Stealer RB category Perine yesterday did it more like Bettis - he just accelerated and hit the hole no fanciness. Also noteworthy was the change in the run play design - we stopped trying to run McVay/Gurley style where the play is to gain and turn the corner and instead just hit the RT-RG gap behind Collins and Cappa. In other words we let our new right side of the OL do what they are comfortable doing and they made it happen.