Joe Mixon's Foot - Bungle Med Staff at it Again?

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(11-15-2020, 03:00 AM)TheFan Wrote: Exactly. So why is it being held against Mixon that our Oline is absolute trash and has been basically since he's been on the team. Or comparing him to Cook when they have mostly had a good Oline since he's been with them. You and I both know it's just as much the Oline who makes a back good as it is actual skill. 

Again, I'm not talking about if we should have paid either Mixon or Gio what we did - I think both deals weren't good. But both are top tier backs behind a good Oline. 

Because he doesn't do himself any favors in trying to get success.

His running style is an attempt at recreating Le'Veon Bell's with the hesitations and the like rather than attacking and instantly moving forward.

The problem is Le'Veon Bell was only able to do that because he had an OL that was allowed to hold all day long as much as they wanted without penalty. Just look at what happened when he tried to do that running style with the Jets and the Chiefs... it has failed horribly with both.

Joe Mixon is a 6'1, 220lb RB. He needs to run forward and with more authority. He doesn't get nearly enough broken tackles for a back his size, and that IS something that you can compare regardless of OL.

Since 2018 (how long they have stats for)...
Joe Mixon: 19.2 RPBT (rushes per broken tackle)
Frank Gore: 16.5 RPBT 
Nick Chubb: 9.0 RPBT 
Ezekiel Elliott: 14.0 RPBT 
Dalvin Cook: 10.8 RPBT
Christian McCaffrey: 14.1 RPBT 
Derrick Henry: 8.8 RPBT 
Saquon Barkley: 10.6 RPBT 

That's pretty terrible. When you figure over that span, Mixon is averaging 17.6 carries per game. That means he averages well under 1 broken tackle per game.

(Giovani Bernard: 14.9 RPBT in a much smaller carry sample size than anyone else listed above, but figured it was worth noting. I wish they had these numbers for years further back. I would have loved to see early 2010s Marshawn Lynch numbers.)