Zeke to the Bengals?

[TheFan]

(03-27-2023, 11:58 PM)007BengalsFan Wrote: I think Mixon needs to be cut because of his large contract but even with saying that, Mixon is much better running the ball than Elliott.  Elliott had a better line to run behind and still struggled running the ball.  Mixon's O-line did him no favors last year with the expection of a couple of games.  One area where Elliott is better is in pass protection and that may be why we sign him.

I mean Mixon consistently ranked in the bottom 5 in multiple metrics that have to do specifically with just the RB regardless of the line. He was bad last year, crappy line or not. I don't recall the exact names of them but both Rapien/Liscow and Dehner/Jay talked about it regularly. 

Mixon averaged 3.9ypc
Perine averaged 4.1ypc
Williams averaged 3.8ypc (only had 6 attempts)

Mixon averaged 7.4ypr
Perine averaged 7.6ypr
Williams averaged 15ypr (only had 3 targets)

One of those is making exponentially more than the others. That's the problem. He does nothing beyond 2nd string backs. He was worse than Perine this year who's making only 7mil over 2 years. And Perine can at least actually play on 3rd downs.