01-17-2023, 09:47 PM
Perine should start this week against the bills and Mixon used as change of pace back.
Perine is a better blocker, catcher and runner up the middle. Given we'll have a beat up oline I expect plenty of bills in the backfield on run plays and I think perine is a better weapon for softening up a defence and getting an extra yard.
With space, Mixon is the better back, but I don't see the game going that way and it's more important to support our oline as much as possible. My suggestion is not really about making more running yards, it's thinking about perine being more damaging on the 1-3 yard runs we're likely to get given our problems up front.
I don't think playing Mixon instead of perine has any advantage in shifting the way the bills play us either, in terms of if Mixon playing would lead the bills to move away from cover 2. Our game plans seemed more effective when perine was the lead back.
So in our current situation, can anyone tell me why playing Mixon is better?
Perine is a better blocker, catcher and runner up the middle. Given we'll have a beat up oline I expect plenty of bills in the backfield on run plays and I think perine is a better weapon for softening up a defence and getting an extra yard.
With space, Mixon is the better back, but I don't see the game going that way and it's more important to support our oline as much as possible. My suggestion is not really about making more running yards, it's thinking about perine being more damaging on the 1-3 yard runs we're likely to get given our problems up front.
I don't think playing Mixon instead of perine has any advantage in shifting the way the bills play us either, in terms of if Mixon playing would lead the bills to move away from cover 2. Our game plans seemed more effective when perine was the lead back.
So in our current situation, can anyone tell me why playing Mixon is better?
