Uh oh Joe Mixon

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(04-08-2023, 10:35 AM)Go Cards Wrote: Let's just take out the criminal charges and look at his production

If you take out the games he missed he played 17 games including the playoffs

Mixon rushed for less than 50 yards in 8 of these games, nearly half he failed to reach 50 yards

Mixon rushed for 27 yards or less in 6 of these games. Let that sink in, over a third of the games he did not rush for over 27 yards

Mixon rushed for 65 yards or less in 12 of those games. 12 out of 17

Mixon had only 2 games where he broke the 100 yard barrier rushing, so less than 12% of his games played he achieved this goal

Add to the equation that defenses were not stacking the box to stop the run, but were solely geared toward stopping the Bengals receivers.

Mixon scored 10 TD's on 317 touches
Perine scored 7 TD's.. on 155 touches
Boyd.. scored 5 TD's.. on 58 touches  

He is just not earning his  $12.7 million a year regardless of the thuggish publicity he brings to the table.  That's not even factoring that he can't block his way out of a saturated paper sack.

Now do expect him to run much better in a contract year but high paid RB's need to produce year in and year out.

And it's even worse than all that you mentioned,,

There were 33 RBs that saw 150+ carries last season. Of them all, Joe Mixon ranked (overall, not just light boxes):

Missed tackles forced per attempt: 32nd
Yards per carry: 30th
Yards after contact per attempt: 30th
Explosive runs: 19th https://t.co/5dONdgOgYW

— Andrew Russell (@Andrew_Russell7) April 7, 2023

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