01-20-2020, 05:13 PM
(01-20-2020, 02:46 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Lol, how do you figure Top 10? He's not even the 3rd best RB in the division. (Chubb, Ingram, Hunt).. unless you're going purely on 2019 rushing yard total and ignoring important things like YPC, TDs, and great running backs who got hurt.
There's zero chance Mixon is a Top-10 RB in the NFL.
There are 4 Pro Bowl RBs in the AFCN alone and Joe Mixon isn't one of them, but I would still have him only tied for 4th best RB in the division.
(01-20-2020, 04:31 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Which is a terrible way to gauge if a RB is top-10 or not. There's more than just "yArDs" that goes into it.
Here's Mixon and the 6 RBs behind him on the rushing yards list...
Joe Mixon: 1,137 yards (4.1 YPC)/5 TD in 16 games
Dalvin Cook: 1,135 yards (4.5 YPC)/13 TD in 14 games
Marlon Mack: 1,091 yards (4.4 YPC)/8 TD in 14 games
Aaron Jones: 1,084 yards (4.6 YPC)/16 TD in 16 games
Carlos Hyde: 1,070 yards (4.4 YPC)/6 TD in 16 games
Mark Ingram: 1,018 yards (5.0 YPC)/10 TD in 15 games
Saquon Barkley: 1,003 yards (4.6 YPC)/6 TD in 13 games
According to your method, Joe Mixon is a better RB than Dalvin Cook because he got 2 more rushing yards... despite averaging .4 yards less per carry, and having 8 less TDs and doing it in 2 less games.
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Does YPC and TDs (and, you know, context) not matter, or do you just want to skew stats to fit your view?
Mixon just needs to be used better, thankfully later on in the year he started to be and he still wasn't used enough in the passing
game. Joe could most assuredly be a top back in the league with a decent O-line in front of him and used more like late in the year and more in the passing game where he has great hands.
For the life of me I have never understood why we only run it with him to keep us more predictable, he is a great pass catcher and he can make defenders miss and he can run over people and spin out of tackles unlike WR's.
