12-10-2018, 02:22 PM
(12-10-2018, 02:09 PM)fredtoast Wrote: If you are going to put a RB in the slot then you might as well use a WR. RBs may catch a lot of passes, but they usually don't run precision routes like WRs. Instead they catch a lot of swings, screens, drags, and straight wheel routes.
The only real benefit I see is when both start out lined up in the backfield you can sometimes get a read on the defense when they adjust to motioning one out wide or into the slot.
This ain't rocket science. Bernard, as well as Mixon, is an excellent receiver, shifty, fast and can hide behind blockers. Don't act as if they have a stable of talented WR's with AJ out. They have ONE in Boyd. Bernard/Mixon is the kind of receiver you want when your vertical passing game is not working or your OL is not giving the QB time which both accounts are affecting this team. Their OC is trash and very rarely ever creates match-up problems that favor the offense.
