You feed Mixon and good things happen

[BengalChris]

(12-29-2019, 08:14 PM)Trademark Wrote: BSeriously not sure where this offense has even all year but it’s no secret that when you feed Mixon the ball it opens the offense up. Mixon is an absolute beast and here’s to hoping for a better 2020 season

Taylor was busy having Dalton throw it 50 times a game early in the season. The running game was purely an after thought. Remember those games where the team ran it less than 10 times.

Here's Mixon stats this season:

1. Seattle 6 carries for 10 yards
2. San Fran 11 carries for 17 yards
3. Buffalo 15 carries for 60 yards
4. Pissburgh 15 carries for 65 yards
5. Arizona 19 carries for 93 yards
6. Baltimore 8 carries for 10 yards
7. Jax 10 carries for 2 yards
8. LAR 17 carries for 66 yards
9. Baltimore 30 carries for 114 yards *** First game of the year where Mixon had 20+ carries when he should have at least 20 carries every game.
10. Oakland 15 carries for 86 yards
11. Pissburgh 18 carries for 79 yards
12. NYJ 19 carries for 44 yards
13. Cleveland 23 carries for 146 yards *** Second game of the year where Mixon had 20+ carries.
14. New England 25 carries for 136 yards
15. Miami 21 carries for 50 yards
16. Cleveland 26 carries for 162 yards

The last 4 games of the year Taylor called Mixon's number 20+ times. In the first 12 games of the year Mixon only had 20+ carries only once.

This is just piss-poor use of the talent that is there on this team. It's not just the running either. The defense was a mass confusion for most of the season.

(12-29-2019, 08:19 PM)Joelist Wrote: Today was an improvement but even today we had some patches of head scratching playcalling. Zac needs to relinquish the playcalling and we need a real NFL caliber OC.

There's nothing Taylor has done that warrants his return. The 2-14 season matches the Bengals' worst every year and the HC was fired that year. Taylor should follow him out the door.

(12-29-2019, 09:08 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: They were up against the 30th rushing defense.

There's a reason why Mixon's 2 best games this season came against the Browns. They're not very good.

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Mixon vs Browns (2 games)
49 carries, 308 yards (6.29 YPC), 3 TD
4 carries of 20+ yards, 1 carry of 40+ yards

Mixon vs Everyone Else (14 games)
229 carries, 829 yards (3.62 YPC), 2 TD
2 carries of 20+ yards, 0 carries of 40+ yards

The two Browns games were half of the total games (4) where Mixon even had 20+ carries. It's really amazing that there's a HC anywhere in the league who believe they can win without running the ball, especially when you have one of the best backs in the conference.