Beating a dead horse, but.....

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(11-02-2022, 12:58 PM)Rubekahn29 Wrote: He’s not a home run threat. Sure, he has broken long runs (not this year) but he almost never finishes long runs into the end zone, as he constantly gets caught from behind/can’t make the last guy miss.

(11-02-2022, 01:21 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Mixon has never been an upper level home run threat.

Mixon has only 4 career TD rushes of 20+ yards in 1,233 carries. Basically 1 per 300 carries. He only has 1 career TD rush of >23 yards. 

(11-02-2022, 01:40 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: That 4.43 40 time is a bit deceptive, isn't it?  If that were his true, natural speed, he'd be out running 70% of the DBs in the league, and rarely ever getting ran down from behind.

I've always had this idea that the timed 40s for the combine and pro days were a bit misleading, as those guys get lean and train like track athletes for months leading up to those testing sessions.

Keep in mind that Joe Mixon's numbers are from his Pro Day, not the Combine. Pro Day numbers are almost universally much faster than Combine numbers.

That's why 2021 without a Combine had so many people running outrageous 40s.

I don't know how legit it is, but personally for RBs I always like vertical jump, broad jump, and 20-yard split. Pretty sure the jumping is all about lower body strength and explosive ability, and leg strength for balance/ability to break arm tackles. 20 yards split is more about the acceleration and hitting the second level, where you can get caught by a LB or S before you can ever reach that 40 yard speed (I like 40s more for WRs and CBs) if you're a later accelerator... and I don't trust the numbers unless they're from the Combine, for a level comparison field.

(11-03-2022, 02:13 AM)Go Cards Wrote: It's never a good thing to give RB's big contracts unless they actually are elite imo.

Yup.

Even then it's kind of iffy. Just look at Jonathan Taylor. Truly elite the last 2 years, ran for 1,800 yards at 5.5ypc last year, and now... meh at best. Too volatile of a position from all three of a performance, health, and shelf-life standpoint to invest real money in.

If you have a decent/good OL and a solid scheme, you can basically plug in whomever is half-decent and have enough success to help your franchise QB.