04-30-2017, 09:52 PM
ROSS
Ross will work his way on to the field fairly early I believe. He'll need to learn the routes out of some different formations first, but if he's health in OTAs and the preseason, he should be able to do that. The faster he learns and translates that to play in practice the faster he'll see the field. We should know how he's doing come the 3rd preseason game in that if he lines up with the starters, then we can expect that he's likely to start game 1.
MIXON
Gio was having his worst year as a pro before being injured and has never been top 10 starter quality. Mixon simply needs to beat out Hill for the starting job. With this offensive line who knows? It's hard to gain yards when you have defenders all over you right after you get the ball.
What Mixon needs to do win the starting job is (in no particular order):
1. Block well on passing plays. [This might be the thing that holds him back the most.]
2. Gain positive yards on the vast majority of running plays. Meaning fewer negative plays than Hill or Gio are having, which was a lot. He'll need to make guys miss in the backfield, something both Hill and Gio had trouble doing.
3. Learn the RB pass routes and catch the ball well.
If and when Mixon does those things I believe becomes the starter. Of course, Hill is going into a contract year and I don't see the team offering him an extension, so he might play like his arse is on fire.
WILLIS
Hopefully Willis works his way into the rotation early, a least on passing downs. MJ is decent at setting the edge in the run game, so passing downs are where we should see Willis first. It's not like Will Clarke has been good enough to stand in his way.
INJURIES
Hill going down would elevate Mixon to the starting job by default. An injure to either LaFell or Boyd would probably make Ross an immediate starter. An injure to MJ or Gilberry would mean we'd see a lot of Willis.
All that is just my opinion though.
Ross will work his way on to the field fairly early I believe. He'll need to learn the routes out of some different formations first, but if he's health in OTAs and the preseason, he should be able to do that. The faster he learns and translates that to play in practice the faster he'll see the field. We should know how he's doing come the 3rd preseason game in that if he lines up with the starters, then we can expect that he's likely to start game 1.
MIXON
Gio was having his worst year as a pro before being injured and has never been top 10 starter quality. Mixon simply needs to beat out Hill for the starting job. With this offensive line who knows? It's hard to gain yards when you have defenders all over you right after you get the ball.
What Mixon needs to do win the starting job is (in no particular order):
1. Block well on passing plays. [This might be the thing that holds him back the most.]
2. Gain positive yards on the vast majority of running plays. Meaning fewer negative plays than Hill or Gio are having, which was a lot. He'll need to make guys miss in the backfield, something both Hill and Gio had trouble doing.
3. Learn the RB pass routes and catch the ball well.
If and when Mixon does those things I believe becomes the starter. Of course, Hill is going into a contract year and I don't see the team offering him an extension, so he might play like his arse is on fire.
WILLIS
Hopefully Willis works his way into the rotation early, a least on passing downs. MJ is decent at setting the edge in the run game, so passing downs are where we should see Willis first. It's not like Will Clarke has been good enough to stand in his way.
INJURIES
Hill going down would elevate Mixon to the starting job by default. An injure to either LaFell or Boyd would probably make Ross an immediate starter. An injure to MJ or Gilberry would mean we'd see a lot of Willis.
All that is just my opinion though.
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