06-21-2023, 08:54 PM
(06-21-2023, 08:34 PM)Soonerpeace Wrote: It will be interesting to see who replaces Perine. They liked the fit. They are very cognizant of Mixon’s touches. Pulling Mixon on third and long really worked well as did third and short. Perine is a better short yardage runner and he’s strong as an ox. He’s probably the strongest back in the NFL. He manhandled Micah Parsons in the blitz in the Dallas game. They were a great tandem. But Mixon’s poor pass blocking wasn’t an issue when the board vilified the staff for him not being in there on third down in the last minutes of the Super Bowl. It was a tirade on here lol.
But Joe’s the guy and if you’ve watched Zac Taylor for 4 years and know who he is he was genuine in his Mixon comments to Wilcots. He had convincing mannerisms, excitement , and enthusiasm. Zac’s doesn’t have any coachspeak in that interview it’s blatantly obvious. If anybody says otherwise then they haven’t really followed him.
I think most of what you say is true - Perine was a valuable back. He was great depth and had good hands and was a fine runner. The thing that I think you keep consistently missing on is that no one is saying anything about how ZT feels about Mixon. Everyone has been providing their own thoughts on Mixon and backing them up with evidence. How ZT feels about him in this particular conversation is irrelevant.
That being said, yes, Mixon is very likely the guy for the season. If he continues to struggle, maybe that changes but he is clearly the top guy.
