Mixon is frustrated with lack of carries

[kevin]

(10-23-2017, 12:26 AM)Trademark Wrote: It's frustrating. I feel like I'm seeing [Le'Veon Bell] got the ball 35 times, and I got it seven in the first half and then don't touch the ball again," Mixon said. "[Jeremy] Hill only got one touch in the second half. It's frustrating to us running backs. We're feel like we're in the room and we feel like we're part of the offense. If it worked in the first half, why not do it in the second?"

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/21121290/rb-joe-mixon-cincinnati-bengals-frustrated-lack-second-half-carries-vs-pittsburgh-steelers

I saw it. Tony Romo saw it.  Why didn't they use Mixon in the 3rd quarter.  Actually Hill started and didn't do much. Bernard came in and didn't do much. Mixon came in and was great.  So of course they took him out and put Hill and Bernard back in.  I've seen this before when Bengals kept losing using KiJana Carter and ERic Bienemy and Bears Defensive Coach Legend said, " Why are the Bengals doing that with this Corey Dillon on the bench. You couldn't trade me Carter and Bienemy for a bag of peanuts ". ....So I've seen this in our celebrated Bengals 50 year history before.......Of course with no blocking the X's and O's in the playbook can't work. You can have the best playbook ever and without blocking, those plays get blown up.  Just like these pick up tackle games I played in my 20's and some ex high school quarterback would call plays like he was still a star, and then get destroyed due to no blocking.  Perfect example that blocking is practiced every day and without it the QB, the RB, the WR don't look very good.  I still remember these ex staring high school QB's going into pick up games all cocky and getting their rear ends handed to them without the blocking they had in high school. That was kind of fun part of those games.  I got to QB a pick up game and I learned from them, and I didn't try to run high school play with no blocking, I didn't call plays and said whatever happens happens in the huddle and I just took the snap and ran from the tacklers on make em' up as you go option plays, just as Dalton had to do yesterday. When you have no blocking, you have no X's and O's, just mass confusion. The upside to Mixon not in there is this awful blocking isn't getting him career injured like KiJana Carter.