Mixon - Could he become a Top 3 back this year?

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(03-29-2019, 12:14 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Even the RBs that catch a ton of passes usually run simple patterns like screens, drags, wheel routes, swing passes, etc.

Route running is a very underrated skill and it takes lots of practice.  Many WRs work on it full time and still struggle to get open just by getting in and out of cuts.  Same with timing patterns.

I agree 100% that both of our RBs need to be used as receivers, and I also agree that more creativity may be required. But the creativity may be more along the lines of play design that get the RBs into open spaces that have been cleared by other receivers.  It seemed to me that too many times when we did throw to our RBs there was a defender right on top of them.

Bingo !

Zampese was just clueless and Lazor was only a little better. I know it's a drum that's been beat to death and not just here but I truly feel our offense the past 3 seasons has been way to predictable and lacking any real innovation.

It's not about running flea flickers every other play and going all crazy complex offense. But keep the defense somewhat off balance. Mixon is an excellent way to do that.