11-28-2021, 08:47 PM
(11-28-2021, 08:10 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: In the first 7 weeks, Burrow to Chase was on a record shattering pace and almost totally responsible for our 5-2 record.I think the huge thing here is.. The offense has proven they can beat you in multiple ways..Shootout? Pound it? They can do whatever it is that needs to be done..
Burrow was completing 68.9% on a staggering 9.23 yards per attempt. This was mostly thanks to the dominant play of Chase, who had 754 yards and 6 TDs at 21.5 yards/catch.
Over the last 4 weeks, this production has drastically declined.
Burrow is completing 70.1% of his throws, but only for a fairly paltry 6.92 yards/attempt...which is a massive drop of 2.31 per attempt.
This decline coincides directly with Chase...who over the last 4 weeks has only 162 yards and 2 scores on 15 catches (10.8 per catch). This comes on 31 targets. So Burrow is averaging only 5.23 yards per target to Chase.
In short, teams are successfully removing Chase from our offense.
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The point of this thread is this:
1. The removal of Chase from the offense directly led to the ugly losses to the Jets and Browns.
2. Zac Taylor seemingly recognized this, and adjusted the offense drastically.
In the losses to the Jets and Browns, Mixon had a COMBINED 27 carries for 97 yards and 3 TDs.
Over the past 2 wins vs the Raiders and Steelers, Mixon posted 30-123-2 followed by 28-165-2.
In summary, as long as defenses are focused on stopping Burrow/Chase, the offense looks like it's going to run Mixon down their throats. We'll see if defenses start to lean back towards stopping the run. Should be interesting.
