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RE: Hill to IR - McC - 11-11-2017
I think all three of these backs have shown what they can do with anything resembling a hole or even not having to dodge tacklers in the backfield.
What was so different about his rookie year? They blocked for him.
RE: Hill to IR - TheLeonardLeap - 11-11-2017
(11-11-2017, 04:40 PM)Pat5775 Wrote: Haha fair point. But I hope this means Mixon gets a chance to get into a rhythm with 20-25 carries a game. Sure, this is probably the worst Oline in NFL history but no RB on this team has had a chance to truly establish a rhythm yet...
Although I guess Mixon kind of did in the first half against Pittsburgh but, y'know... He didn't do enough to earn more than 3 carries on the entire second half
20-25 carries? He's averaging 2.9ypc, and the Bengals just had a game where they only had 27 offensive plays TOTAL. If you're not running well enough to get first downs, you're not going to get 20-25 carries, because there won't be enough plays in the game for it to happen. Unless you're proposing a gameplan where Dalton throws the ball only 5 times, and Mixon runs the ball 25 times for 50 yards.
Not to mention everyone who kept saying "20-25 carries" about Hill and now saying it about Mixon need to realize that really hasn't been a thing that happens anymore for like 4 years now. 23 carries a game is 368 carries in a full year.
The last 4 years there have been exactly 6 seasons of 300+ carries, and the ONLY one of those 6 who had at least 330 carries was DeMarco Murray in 2014. Unless you can put together the 2014 Cowboys OL (they had 2 1st team and 1 2nd team All-Pro on there that year) you're simply not going to have the bell cow workloads of old.
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Don't get me wrong, the OL is a dumpster fire and clearly the biggest problem. I am just not sold on Mixon, or on the fantasy that 20+ carries a game is some magical threshold that makes all struggling RBs better.
RE: Hill to IR - THE PISTONS - 11-11-2017
This makes losing Smith to the Brows worse.
RE: Hill to IR - Nately120 - 11-11-2017
Lordy how things change. Heading into 2015 could you even imagine the idea that Jeremy Hill would be replaced by a guy with a 2.9 YPC and 2 TDS after 8 games and Bengals fans would be happy? Well, happy trails Hill. We will continue to talk about how much of a bum you are while saying Mixon isn't a bum because Barry Sanders couldn't drive a semi for more than 2 yards behind this o-line.