06-11-2023, 10:41 PM
(06-11-2023, 10:35 PM)casear2727 Wrote: Many comments in this thread that are ignoring some real context.
Much of Mixon's apparent dancing was during wide-zone runs in which the RB has to be patient and find a hole. Perine literally never ran these types of runs. His were all gap, hit the hole and go. Thus Perine appeared to be more deliberate. See Mixon vs Buffalo and straight gap guns. I think Joe had an awful season for him but I think he still has juice. Thinking a 4th round rookie is coming in and taking Mixon's spot is a bit naive, IMHO.
Both Mixon and Perine received primarily gap runs last season. Mixon had 144 gap carries in total and Perine had 65 gap carries total. For zone, Perine received 39 zone carries. This equates to Mixon receiving 40% of his total carries as zone carries and Perine receiving 38%. Not a notable difference, which is to be expected really. Both guys should be receiving similar splits.
Data is from PFF.
