Joe Mixon Pops

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(10-04-2017, 01:51 PM)ShowMeUrTDs Wrote: I don’t know what the percentage of plays are, but I notice a lot of the running plays they have Mixon just standing on the side of Andy then hand it off where he is starting out flat footed as opposed to a more singleback or i-formation style where the RB is behind the QB and can get going downhill.

Have you all noticed this or if this is an issue, but it seems to me if you are starting off flat footed behind a line getting no push then it is much more difficult to pick up speed and make a cut. I noticed when Hunt was in singleback behind the QB during the KC game on Sunday night sometimes the line would get smashed in, but he already had some steam was able to make that jump step cut and go.

Don’t know much about this, but curious what you all think if the style of run plays is hindering the run game especially with the line in the condition it is?

They do the same thing with Hill, who is definitely a downhill style RB.  Yes, it is an issue, but you also have to be able to run out of the shoutgun some, and you need to be able to pass from under center to mask your tendencies.  The problem with the latter is that Blodine is shoved back into the pocket so fast, his man is often in the QBs and/or RBs face before he can get a pass off or hand it off.  C is, and has been, a critical weak link in our offense.  For many reasons.