02-28-2018, 10:32 PM
(02-28-2018, 10:01 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I think you guys are reading too much into this "bell cow" comment.
It has been 8 years since a Bengal RB had as many as 300 carries in a season.
Gio will still get a ton of touches.
I'm not sure how you can make this claim. Through 10 games last season Gio had 49 total touches. 31 carries and 18 receptions. I recall starting a thread on "where is Gio?" He averaged fewer than 5 touches a game through 10 games and then only in the last 6 games did he get 71 carries, (almost 12 per game) and 25 receptions (almost 4 per game) to get around 16 touches a game. With the Bengals once again anointing Mixon the starter, as they essentially did last season when Hill went down, and saying they're going to feed him the ball (regardless of the facts he struggled mightily, and Gio was outperforming him) what do you base your assumptions on that Gio will still get his carries? Gio and Mixon essentially split carries the last 6 games with Mixon getting 74. This is when they were BOTH most effective.
