12-11-2019, 02:51 PM
(12-10-2019, 05:50 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: 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.
Thanks for the stats man, you put the work in and I admire that.
Still I don't think those stats tell the whole story and it is a big reason I don't put much stock in PFF and never have.
Watching Mixon he is one of the most talented RB's in the league and I want to keep him and get him a good OL.
As I said earlier if we used him better like in the passing game more and in different alignments with a better OL I
truly believe he could be one of if not the best in the league. I believe he is one of those exceptions myself and no
one is Barry Sanders. The Gio deal made no sense to me either and it just makes all of this harder.
Love Gio but he did not deserve that deal for how much he is injured.
(12-10-2019, 06:54 PM)fredtoast Wrote: This does not tell you who hits the hole faster. It tells you who runs more outside sweep plays.
Definitely a lot more into it than what is said there for sure.
