RB Stable with Mixon Gone

[*Nate (formerly eliminate08)*]

(05-23-2024, 07:12 PM)Bilbo Saggins Wrote: I remember when Samaje Perine was really hitting his stride on this team. He seemed to have a near perfect skill set for what they wanted out of their RB. He could be a short yardage back. He could pass block. He was pushing 240 and could punish teams who went too skinny against the pass. He could absorb contact and grind out clock to finish games. He could catch balls that hit him right in the hands. I like Moss, I think that Brown has potential going forward, I just wonder why they got away from what seemed to be working. Those guys are around 215 I believe. Despite his lack of second gear Perine seemed to add a lot of value and fill a niche. I'll admit I'm biased. I like to watch a bruising rushing attack really take the wind out of a defense's sails. 

I like that type of RB myself and that was the reason I wanted us to draft a guy like Braelon Allen. Both Moss and Chase Brown are 
small backs, but Moss is hard to tackle and is good in short yardage despite being smaller and he can do a lot of what Samaje did for
us. He just isn't as physical as Samaje, not many are, dude had a wicked stiff arm, just ask Reid of the Chiefs lol

(05-24-2024, 11:09 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: I think that was part of the problem, he wanted to be something that he's not. He wants to be a cutback runner, but his best stuff is in a straight line. That alone is the biggest reason that I wasn't sad to see him go.

Spot on about Mixon, he thought he was a scat back lol

Newsflash, you take too long to get up to speed and you miss holes when trying to cutback as a runner...

Happy to not have to watch these plays in the running game. Really frustrating. Just hit the damn hole.