Offense Run Game Adjustment

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(09-27-2023, 05:56 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Other than 2018 when Mixon had 4.9 YPC, he's mostly been in the 3.9 to 4.1 YPC range.
His age is not the problem.

Too often Mixon is getting hit in the backfield or right at the LOS.
The OL hasn't opened up many holes for him.
I would expect the same problems to happen for Bijan, but I do think he'd be a bit better.
Maybe in the 4.3-4.5 range.
I don't think he gets close to the 5.5 he's averaging in ATL.

I've been on record with how Mixon hasn't brought enough, efficiency-wise for a few years. This year, i have no real issue with him. He's running hard and showing better balance and vision. 

The problem this past monday was his last few carries and it wasn't really his fault. Late in the game he was averaging 4.9 per carry before getting fed to the IDL wolves the last few carries to run the clock out. 

If this year's Mixon keeps playing like he has the first 3 weeks, i'm quite happy with him.