(10-25-2022, 09:48 PM)Soonerpeace Wrote: This team unlike last year’s team has only 1 weakness. That is running the ball which as mentioned by Nepa and the OP Kettering. Last year our pass pro and run game and Apple at CB were issues. If this OL can continue to improve we are better equipped for the SB. But we’ve got to get better in the run game. I actually think it will get better. Let’s hope so.

(11-02-2022, 10:14 AM)THE PISTONS Wrote:

Joe Mixon ranks 65th out of 67 backs with a grade of 24.3
He leads the league with 3 sacks allowed.

Joe Mixon's elusive rating (making defenders miss) is now down to 51st out of 54 backs.

His Yards After Contact average of 2.05 yards now ranks 53rd of 54 backs.

— Goodberry (@JoeGoodberry) November 2, 2022

(11-02-2022, 10:18 AM)kalibengal Wrote: id add no real pass rush to the weakness list. Other then Trey its VERY MEH
and when we play a team that has a dude like this; Watt, Parsons, Garrett and see how they impact a game it just pisses me off that they never seem to prioritize these edge players through FA or Draft. 

(11-02-2022, 10:31 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Damn, I knew his numbers were bad, but had no idea that they were THAT bad.

Seems like after he got his money, he just decided to do the whole 'quiet quitting' thing..

(11-02-2022, 10:14 AM)THE PISTONS Wrote:

Joe Mixon ranks 65th out of 67 backs with a grade of 24.3
He leads the league with 3 sacks allowed.

Joe Mixon's elusive rating (making defenders miss) is now down to 51st out of 54 backs.

His Yards After Contact average of 2.05 yards now ranks 53rd of 54 backs.

— Goodberry (@JoeGoodberry) November 2, 2022

(11-02-2022, 10:43 AM)KillerGoose Wrote: He has been one of the, if not the worst back in the league. Here is an efficiency plotting, EPA per attempt and YPC.

(10-26-2022, 10:53 AM)Go Cards Wrote: The "Chuck and Duck" as their DC Bum Phillips tabbed their offense and by the way he ended up punching the OC over it on the sideline because he frequently was putting the D in such bad positions.  

Wouldn't say the Bengals mirror that offense exactly but former Louisville WR Ernest Givens was really fun to watch on that team and Warren Moon does not get the credit he deserves imo.  

Zac Taylor said opportunities for Chris Evans “aren’t always there.” He said it’s dependent on the looks they’re getting and the matchups they have.

— Charlie Goldsmith (@CharlieG__) November 2, 2022

(11-02-2022, 02:50 PM)pally Wrote:

Zac Taylor said opportunities for Chris Evans “aren’t always there.” He said it’s dependent on the looks they’re getting and the matchups they have.

— Charlie Goldsmith (@CharlieG__) November 2, 2022

(11-02-2022, 02:53 PM)Synric Wrote: Zac did a good job of talking around that one lol. People are saying Evan's should be getting some of Mixon's opportunities because Mixon isnt making the most of them.... To be fair to Zac though if the Bengals really were trying to go after Cam Akers before the deadline they know RB has been an issue.

(11-02-2022, 03:50 PM)WeezyBengal Wrote: Then Perine and Evans should be getting carries. 

It literally can't get any worse and continuing to run Mixon out there is just asinine. It's like running Huber out there with Chrisman on the PS. There are other options available. You have to at least try to fix it. 

(11-02-2022, 06:49 PM)Destro Wrote: I have been a Mixon defender. He got a lot of unneeded hate over the years. I am sure some of that is due to his past, some due to his contract. He has carried the ball behind these trash bags of an O-line for years. Time and time again, he gets the ball and there are three defenders already in the backfield to meet him, but he still gets the blame.

That said, he is pretty bad now. Like really, really bad...at everything

Now, the line still is not great, and these dumb toss plays and runs from shotgun are garbage, but add in his decline, it makes for just sickening displays. For years, RBs have had shorter and shorter careers and/or times of relevance. Pro Bowl back released and to another team two years later. I think Mixon went from good to atrocious in record time. Time to do something...anything...different.

(11-02-2022, 10:43 AM)KillerGoose Wrote: He has been one of the, if not the worst back in the league. Here is an efficiency plotting, EPA per attempt and YPC.

(11-02-2022, 07:45 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: As a unit of 5, the OL looks very pedestrian, especially when focusing on pass protection grades.  However, when you look at run blocking from the interior, that's where the movement is happening.  They need to take what is there, up the middle is there, utilize it!  

Heck, from shotgun they could even fake the toss right play and counter to the Left and typically gain good yardage.  If casual fans can observe missed opportunities like that, you know that the coaches see it too.  It's either a lack of desire to run the ball on the part of the coaches, or the player (Mixon), and from what we've seen over the years from him, I'm leaning toward Mixon has lost some fire.

(11-02-2022, 10:31 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Damn, I knew his numbers were bad, but had no idea that they were THAT bad.

Seems like after he got his money, he just decided to do the whole 'quiet quitting' thing..

(11-02-2022, 07:48 PM)TheCincinnatiKid Wrote: Christ, that graph and the previous stats... what in the heck has happened to Joe Mixon.

I imagine he plays the same snaps the rest of the year just due to contract and no obvious replacement, but I really do not see what we'd be losing by just playing Perine and Evans when Mixon is producing these numbers. Like I said about Mitchel Wilcox's long snapping, just get a guy from this forum to play RB and he'd match Mixon's production.

(11-02-2022, 08:30 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: There's a broken tackle stat and he's generally been one of the worst at breaking tackles all year.

And Burrow kept throwing him short passes with a 1 on 1 matchup vs Browns.

(11-03-2022, 07:45 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: If you can't wiggle enough to make someone miss, or exert enough burst to get through the initial hit, you're pretty much washed as an NFL RB.