12-12-2017, 11:04 PM
(12-12-2017, 10:46 PM)bfine32 Wrote: So both before and after the Cleveland game Gio was averaging over 1/2 yard per carry more than Mixon while all along I suggest Gio may have been the better choice and "I'm stubborn"? Classic.
I think I've mentioned numerous times why I think it is, but as you would love to her it; I'll share it again and type slowly: I think in the 2017 NFL football season that Gio Bernard would have been a better choice to get the majority of the carries than Joe Mixon. Once Gio has been given the bulk of the carries he has excelled. Even though some "non-stubborn" board member assured me his numbers would drop like a rock.
My opinion has not changed since the start of the season. I gave Joe many props after the Cleveland game and defended him against the "well it was just Cleveland crowd". Do you know anybody who said something along those lines?
So what do you make of this:
Gio before Browns game? 3.5 YPC.
Gio since? 5.6 YPC
Mixon before Browns game? 2.9 YPC
Mixon since? 4.9 YPC
Still seems you're dancing around the o-line topic and just want to focus on the backs as if they're somehow independent and don't rely on blocking. As if the above numbers aren't extremely telling. Maybe both Gio and Mixon both figured out how to "get skinny" at the exact same time.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
