Hard Yards For Mixon 2.0

[KillerGoose]

(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.

Being under center doesn't help Mixon, or any other back. That correlation that you think exists just doesn't. Mixon has a higher yards per carry from shotgun (4.23) than he does under center (3.94). Mixon has a slightly higher ratio of explosive runs from shotgun (4.3%) than under center (4.2%). Mixon scores touchdowns at a higher ratio from shotgun (3.2%) than under center (2.5%). Mixon does everything better from shotgun, just like most other backs. 

I think the most likely explanation is that Mixon is just slowing down. We are getting to the point that we can't just say "slow start" anymore. Mixon is simply not as good as many of us thought he was, including myself.