12-12-2023, 01:25 AM
For me, my gripe with Mixon is he goes down too easy, often times on first contact. He's a great pass catcher, but his RB skills nowadays aren't what - I - envision they should be. Mixon is a big dude, he should be lowering his shoulder and putting the boom on defenders. He should be stiff arming smaller defenders to the ground when he finds himself out on the edges. I'm not seeing much, if any, of this. I'm seeing him often running into the backsides of his linemen for little to no gain.
What I DO like about Joe is what he provides in the passing game as a target. Now, sometimes he doesn't break that screen, but the catches he sometimes has to make (one handers, off balance off target throws, etc) are impressive. Positive plays. His stutter steps and twitches out in space aren't as effective as they used to be but that's just tread off those tires to me, showing his age a bit. Those plays though, more often than not, pick up positive yards.
What I DO like about Joe is what he provides in the passing game as a target. Now, sometimes he doesn't break that screen, but the catches he sometimes has to make (one handers, off balance off target throws, etc) are impressive. Positive plays. His stutter steps and twitches out in space aren't as effective as they used to be but that's just tread off those tires to me, showing his age a bit. Those plays though, more often than not, pick up positive yards.
