Perine is better than Mixon

[CJD]

I like Mixon more as a receiver and I like Perine more as a runner. At least as a short yardage back. Perine seems to get those tough yards, like the touchdown run last week.

Mixon, on the other hand, seems to turn open field nothing into something. He caught the ball on a 2nd and 8 or something and he dodged a linebacker to get 5 or 10 more yards. Those are the plays where Mixon excels.

Mixon's open field nothing into something abilities sometimes translate to his runs, such as the long run last week, but too often he just gets caught up in the mess at the line of scrimmage and he doesn't fight for those extra 2 or 3 yards as well as Perine.

I don't know if it was the play design or Mixon, but every time he got the hand off he was trying to beat the Bucs defenders to the edge...I don't know why they weren't running straight up the gut into the void where Vea normally is more often.

It didn't end up mattering because of the encroachment, but I would have preferred Perine on that final 3rd and 1 run.