12-10-2019, 07:16 PM
(12-04-2019, 05:39 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: After Three Years In Each.....
Running Back A:
598 carries, 2437 rushing yards (4.1 AVG), 14 TD
99 catches, 773 receiving yards (7.8 AVG), 4 TD
Seasons of 3.5, 4.9, and 3.5 YPC.
0 rushing TDs of 20+ yards.
Running Back B:
667 carries, 2757 rushing yards (4.1 AVG), 29 TD
63 catches, 467 receiving yards (7.4 AVG), 1 TD
Seasons of 5.1, 3.6, and 3.8 YPC.
4 rushing TDs of 20+ yards.
Running Back C:
492 carries, 2105 rushing yards (4.3 AVG), 12 TD
148 catches, 1335 receiving yards (9.0 AVG), 5 TD
Seasons of 4.1, 4.0, and 4.7 YPC.
2 rushing TD of 20+ yards.
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A is Joe Mixon
B is Jeremy Hill
C is Giovani Bernard
Mixon has been objectively the worst of the three. You can argue that he's had the worst OL to work behind of the three, but there have often been good/great RBs behind bad OL. It's not like Saquon Barkley or Todd Gurley inherited good OLs to run behind when they joined the league.
Anyway, I just was thinking about this because I saw some Bengals fans on the internet drooling over that Mixon run that got called back on the bad penalty (where he got caught from behind despite having a lead) and wondered about the actual numbers of the last three RBs to have significant carries for the Bengals.
If you just look at the numbers, Joe's isn't the level of production you want to give an extension to. One good year and two bad years, and RB is a position where it's really common for a guy to have one great season and never recreate it his entire career.
Overall I would summarise it that we have had the RB talent but not the consistency or commitment to the Running game.
Across Hue Jackson , Zampese, Lazor and Callahan we have had a lot of OC churn but none of them really hung their hat on the running game (apart from perhaps 2nd half of the 2014 season).
- Jeremy Hill's career still feels a massive letdown...the 2nd half of the 2014 season he was a beast with 5 100+ yd games from week 9. In 2019 he's without a team.
- As your stats show Jeremy Hill had a real nose for the end zone and could punch it in. At the time he caught a lot of flak as he 'only' scored short TD's ...bearing in mind our red zone efficiency is atrocious I would be happy to see 2015 Jeremy Hill in the backfield.
- Mixon is a quality RB and is the least of our problems on offense. We have enough holes elsewhere in the team that need filling and he's a young guy so not averse to investing in him.
