11-08-2023, 12:33 PM
(11-08-2023, 10:39 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: I'm going to step out on the ledge here and suggest that it isn't as much the actual personnel as much as the utilization that is making the RB and TE stats so weak.
I agree with that, in part. But as is almost always the case there's a lot of reasons why the utilization was low. 1. Mixon can't run from the shotgun, he just isn't effective with it 90% of the time. JB had to be in the shotgun first 5 games or whatever?
2. The TE's didn't get a lot of targets early in season because they were staying in to block a lot. And they weren't catching the ball basically at all and JB didn't trust them I believe.
3. ZT had a very hard time game planning around a hobbled QB.
Hopefully moving forward we can mix in a good bit more under center which will open up a ton more options.