Why is Joe Mixon under appreciated?

[*bengalfan74*]

Many have stated Mixon has his good points. He's excellent in ball security. He's a very good pass catcher. However:

He has basically sucked at running the ball a great many times. Dances in the backfield or at LOS trying to do his L. Bell impression. And he doesn't have the quickness/moves and the breakaway speed to pull that off. He's a downhill one cut RB. And there's been many games where he gets little to no yards after contact. TLL has posted those stats. He gets little yardage on those outside runs, he doesn't have that sideline to sideline kinda speed vs. most D's. He can't beat them to the corner.

When he does embrace his running style (like he has these past couple games) he's done much better. And I don't care what anybody says the fact that C. Brown is breathing down his neck has made him step up his aggression.

Does the bad Oline impact his past success? I'm sure it does to a degree, how big a degree?? But like the Leonard Leaps posts on his stats say, he was in the top 10 or even better of yards before contact. And the bottom of the barrel in yards after contact.......so

In the end Mixon is just not a top level RB. He's more of a spell back type. No matter how you crack it up.