06-25-2023, 02:37 PM
(06-21-2023, 08:04 PM)Go Cards Wrote: Just not sure I've ever heard any coach say they did not like one of their starters publicly going into the season. It would be counterproductive upsetting a player you've got to count on I would think. So not really sure how much stock to put in those statements. Sounded more like he was talking about Perrine season though.
I'm not really saying Joe is a horrible runner, not saying he is great either, adequate is more like it. Now would call him good at receiving back out of the backfield though. What I am saying he is absolutely horrid at picking up the blitz, and the Bengals are a passing team plain and simple. Plus his off field trouble could become a distraction.
Not sold on his morality either. Also he just never lived up to what he was supposed to be and you can say it was because of the run blocking he has been given. Yet the pass blocking was just as bad (partly because of him) and Burrow figured out how to overcome this obstacle as all great players do.
Well said, same way I feel about Mixon. I like him as a pass catcher and once in a while he surprises me with a good move, but his
lack of effort in picking up the blitz is hard for me to ignore in our passing Offense. So happy we drafted Chase Brown, I think he fits
this passing Offense perfectly as he always shows effort in picking up the blitz and he is really young so he can grow in all aspects.
(06-21-2023, 08:12 PM)Go Cards Wrote: Find it funny as well that a player who is so bad at blocking has supporters wielding the excuse of poor blocking for his subpar season.
Seems that's the pot calling the kettle black.
Yeah, that is not an excuse, that is his problem. If he showed good effort in picking up the blitz I would back off on my comments about
cutting the guy and adding say Dalvin Cook or Zeke Elliott. Re-structuring Mixon's contract should be done in order to add to the team
when needed at the very least.
