Blocking for the OTHER Joe

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(07-05-2021, 11:05 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: The other Joe also averaged 5 YPC under Pollack.  I would take that in a heart beat.  Add in 50 receptions on high % short passes and I could see Mixon as a legitimate 2,000 all-purpose yard candidate.  They did pay the man.  Now, they need to use the man.  

If the Bengals are able to get the rushing attack going, the sky is the limit for Burrow off that play-action.  

It is going to be interesting to see the board reaction when "Pollack" isn't the magical cureall word that solves all the Bengals offensive problems that people have been making it for the last 6 months.

The Jets didn't exactly prosper under Pollack.

Mediocre/bad RBs often have 1 year highs that are just never recreated. We've seen it a ton just in the AFCN even. Cedric Benson in 2009, Peyton Hillis in 2010, Jeremy Hill in 2014, Justin Forsett in 2014, Alex Collins in 2017, James Connor in 2018... that's just off the top of my head in the AFCN.

Also worth noting, Mixon has missed multiple games in 3 of his 4 seasons. He's not exactly durable, so even if he does go back to 2018 form, I highly highly doubt that he's a legitimate 2,000 all-purpose yard candidate. In 2018 he was 536 yards shy of that mark and that was his career best. That's not a small amount away. 

Le'Veon Bell was the last guy to go to 2k in the AFCN (in 2014) and only roughly 1 person per year gets there in all of the NFL, with zero repeats since Ray Rice did it in '09 and '11.

Last time I heard someone talk about 2k yards for a Bengals RB was Jeremy Hill heading into the 2015 season "they should give him the ball 30 times a game!"