Billy Price Is Rocketing Up The Depth Chart!

[George Cantstandya]

(08-26-2021, 06:42 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: Mixon doesn't need great blocking because he hits the hole so fast and he has the vision to change his direction if the hole is blocked.  

I'd much rather them be able to better protect the franchise in Burrow.

I hate to be that guy but Mixon has only been ranked fairly high in yards per attempt 1 time.

2017:  14 games - Rank 42 - 3.5 yards per attempt
2018:  14 games - Rank 12 - 4.9 yards per attempt
2019:  16 games - Rank 33 - 4.1 yards per attempt
2021:  6 games   - Rank 46 - 3.6 yards per attempt

So I think he could indeed use better run blocking. 

Source :

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2017/rushing.htm 

You can start there and click the next season link at the top to go forward to the next season.  Click the Y/A column to sort from highest to lowest.

Also I am sure some here will take this as an attack on Mixon, but it is certainly not.  I think he is a very good player.  But I think those numbers could certainly be much improved with better run blocking.  

Edit:  

I got curious who were the starting O-line players during the 2018 season when Mixon ranked 12th in yards per attempt because I forgot. Here they are.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/cin/2018_roster.htm

LT Glenn,  LG Boling, C Price, RG Redmond, RT Hart.    So maybe there is something to this Price thing after all.