Running Backs

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(12-10-2019, 04:37 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Feel the same, Mixon hits the hole faster than Bell and likes to punish defenders more.

I would argue Mixon is better than Bell at this point and is younger. I would pay the man.

Out of 48 qualified RBs, Mixon is in a two way tie for 29th in time spent to get to the Line of Scrimmage.
https://nextgenstats.nfl.com/stats/rushing#average-time-to-line-of-scrimmage

Out of 46 qualified runners, Mixon is in a 6-way tie for 38th in Yards After Contact Per Rush. (As in there's only 3 RBs worse than him.)
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2019/rushing_advanced.htm
Despite being in a 4 way tie for 24th in Yards BEFORE Contact Per Rush, meaning that's him, not the OL.


Meanwhile Bell is 45th out of 46 in Yards Before Contact Per Rush, meaning he's getting 0 help from his OL, despite being in a 6 way tie for 25th in Yards After Contact Per Rush (not great, but still better than Mixon). He's also 34th in time spent to get to the Line of Scrimmage, which is worse, but with the difference between him and Mixon being just 0.03 seconds... and that's the shell of his former self Bell, who would never have gotten paid if they knew this is what they were getting.

Unless you have Barry Sanders in the backfield, there's no point in paying RBs anymore, with a handful of exceptions out there. Mixon is not one of those exceptions. I didn't like the Gio deal in the offseason, either.