11-27-2023, 05:07 PM
(11-27-2023, 04:58 PM)puddycat Wrote: I do not have Mixon hate. I did question what he was making before he restructured. Mixon is not why we are losing games. Mixon is not why we can't run on 3rd and short. He is strong and he is fast. He does not have great hands. I know he has pulled in some questionable throws, but I couldn't tell you the last time he smoothly pulled in a pass and turned upfield. He has poor balance when running at speed.
We do not have good run blockers. I don't care how big they are or how strong they are, inevitably someone fails to get their feet where they need to be to wall off a defender.
I have to disagree. Mixon does certainly have his faults. But I think you missed on some of these. He has really good hands and he does well catching the ball in motion and smoothly. What I don't think Mixon does well as a receiver is asking him to catch the ball while standing in a spot. I mean he catches the ball fine but is way too slow to turn up field and get moving. He also doesn't have true homerun speed or great short area quickness why I think he struggles on runs to the boundaries. He doesn't have the elite quickness to expose poor angles by defenders.
