Hard Yards For Mixon 2.0

[jfkbengals]

(09-25-2022, 06:26 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: Because they had Burrow under the center when they'd run Perine and tried to run Mixon from the shotgun. 

I get that we need to have Burrow in the shotgun a lot to throw because we need to give him time to throw the ball but Mixon hits the hole a lot faster and is a lot better when Burrow is under center.

I don't think the QB being under center matters as much as the formations they are using.

Mixon is running out of 3 WR formations. It looked like Perine had 1 WR out there during his runs.

There's also the mindset of linemen digging deep to knock their guy on his ass when the second or third back is in the game, as opposed to thinking the starter can make things happen. I know it shouldn't matter who is in the game behind you, but it does happen. It happens with QB's as well, where the line takes it as a oersonal mission to be sure the backup can do his job unimpeded.