11-18-2023, 09:22 PM
(11-18-2023, 08:37 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: 2018 Bengals were 21st in rushing ypg.
It was efficient, but not great or prolific. RBs are one of the biggest 1-year-wonder positions in the NFL. Sometimes they just have one great year and they'll never repeat it again.
2015 Giovani Bernard went for 4.7ypc and 9.6avg.
2014 Jeremy Hill went for 1,124 yards at 5.1ypc.
2014 Justin Forsett went for 1,266 yards at 5.4ypc.
2011 Ben Tate went for 942 yards at 5.4ypc.
2010 Peyton Hillis went for 1,177 yards at 4.4ypc.
2009 Cedric Benson went for 1,251 yards at 4.2ypc.
2008 Le'Ron McClain was randomly an All-Pro with 900 yards and 10 TDs and his second highest totals are 180 and 2.
Just some AFCN guys that I could think of off the top of my head who had a year that they never came close to recreating as far as both production and efficiency combined are concerned. I'm sure there's a mountain more if I expanded it to the NFL and was more thorough.
Their 1-year-wonder status combined with the extreme wear-and-tear and quick aging is just another reason you don't pay RBs.
Well fair enough because I did say a great running game. I should have said we had a top 4 running back which I would consider great. I mean we had the 7th highest avg. rush as a team. We had 359 carries of which Mixon had 237. Those top teams had 200+ carries outside of they're top backs.
So we did not have Russell Wilson or Lamar Jackson running all over the field that is correct. But it may be impossible to say if Mixon could've repeated that success or Taylor was unable to utilize him. It did take him 8 Games to figure it out in 2019 then we draft Burrow and I dont think that drove him to want to run it more.
