Why didn't the Bengals add a proven RB in the offseason

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(08-24-2023, 08:09 AM)Sled21 Wrote: Exactly. Mixon is still at top running back. No back can get yardage when they are constantly hit behind the line of scrimmage.  I look for Joe to have a much better year this year

(08-24-2023, 07:14 PM)TheFan Wrote: I definitely agree he's not a top 10 back and I remember calling for him to be relplaced last year. But I do wonder how skewed some of those statistics are. 

I think there's a difference between a back getting hit 3-5 yards down field with a head of steam and being able to move forward vs getting hit -2 to 1 yards of the LOS with little momentum like our backs were a lot of times. 

Mixon got more yards per rush BEFORE contact in 2022 than he did in 2021.