04-29-2022, 08:25 PM
We all love to see RBs break off long td runs. Happens all the time in college. Not so much in the NFL.
One criticism I often hear about Mixon is that he does not have the "top gear" to break long td runs. When I looked at the stats two things stood out.
First of all Mixon is pretty good at breaking long plays. Mixon has missed 12 games over the last 4 years but only 6 RBs have more plays of 40+ yards than Mixon's seven.
Saquan Barkley....16
Nick Chubb..........14
Derrick Henry.......13
Aaron Jones.........10
Jonathan Taylor......9
Alvin Kamara.........8
Second, Mixon does have trouble "finishing" his long runs. Of the 14 RBs that had at least 5 plays of 40+ yards over the last 4 years only 2 (Mixon, Leonard Fournette) scored tds on less than half of their long plays. Mixon only scored 3 tds on his seven plays. Fournette only scored 2 on six plays. On the other end some guys are going all the way when they break a long one. Henry sored tds on 10 of 13. Kamar scored on 7 of 8. Dalvin Cook scored on all six of his. Raheem Mostert scored on all 5 of his.
Overall 15 RBs scored more tds of 40+ yards than Mixon over the last 4 years, but most of them don't have as many long plays as Mixon. So while we lament Mixon's inability to finish his long runs we should also celebrate the fact that ne breaks so many.
And finally you have to consider that they are pretty rare. Mixon is 7th in the league among RBs over the last 4 years and he averaged less than 2 per year (1.8). His 7 long plays account for about two-thirds of one-percent of his 1067 touches. It is kind of silly to judge a player on such a small percentage of plays.
One criticism I often hear about Mixon is that he does not have the "top gear" to break long td runs. When I looked at the stats two things stood out.
First of all Mixon is pretty good at breaking long plays. Mixon has missed 12 games over the last 4 years but only 6 RBs have more plays of 40+ yards than Mixon's seven.
Saquan Barkley....16
Nick Chubb..........14
Derrick Henry.......13
Aaron Jones.........10
Jonathan Taylor......9
Alvin Kamara.........8
Second, Mixon does have trouble "finishing" his long runs. Of the 14 RBs that had at least 5 plays of 40+ yards over the last 4 years only 2 (Mixon, Leonard Fournette) scored tds on less than half of their long plays. Mixon only scored 3 tds on his seven plays. Fournette only scored 2 on six plays. On the other end some guys are going all the way when they break a long one. Henry sored tds on 10 of 13. Kamar scored on 7 of 8. Dalvin Cook scored on all six of his. Raheem Mostert scored on all 5 of his.
Overall 15 RBs scored more tds of 40+ yards than Mixon over the last 4 years, but most of them don't have as many long plays as Mixon. So while we lament Mixon's inability to finish his long runs we should also celebrate the fact that ne breaks so many.
And finally you have to consider that they are pretty rare. Mixon is 7th in the league among RBs over the last 4 years and he averaged less than 2 per year (1.8). His 7 long plays account for about two-thirds of one-percent of his 1067 touches. It is kind of silly to judge a player on such a small percentage of plays.
