Bengals bungal, as usual.

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(01-15-2018, 12:13 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Folks can point to scheme change all they want but the bottom line is that Mixon started out terrible and got better. He was trying to be a "patient runner" and that's not easy to do with a line that has a hard time holding blocks.

I cannot remember the game (ironically enough I think it was Jags Jags) but there was a play where Mixon got tackled behind the LOS by a dude lying on his back in the open. Big Dre had pancaked dude and was moving to the second level to lead the way. Mixon ran right into the dude that Dre had put on his back.

Of course an offensive line has a lot to do with a running back's success, but guess what just might have a little more to do with it. I was hard on Mixon this past year because he was performing poorly, acted like he'd won the Superbowl every time he gained 2 yards, and was handed the starting job when Gio was more deserving.

I think he bought a little too much into the "you're great" hype. Hopefully this season humbled him and he comes back ready to use his incredible size and speed. He is our RB of the future (if he matures), he just wasn't our RB on the present.

Think we can close this thread out now after this post. Very well said bfine.