04-19-2020, 08:30 PM
(04-19-2020, 08:03 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: This seems like an exceptionally blatant made up Fred Stat. Lets look...
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Joe Mixon: 977 rushing yards/yr (4.2 YPC) ... 290 receiving yards/yr (8.1 AVG)
2nd Round RBs The Last 4 Years (The Length Of A 2nd Round Pick Rookie Contract)
2019
Miles Sanders: 818 rushing yards/yr (4.6 YPC) ... 509 receiving yards/yr (10.2 AVG)
2018
Nick Chubb: 1,245 rushing yards/yr (5.1 YPC) ... 214 receiving yards/yr (7.6 AVG) ... Pro Bowl x1
Ronald Jones: 384 rushing yards/yr (3.9 YPC) ... 171 receiving yards/yr (9.0 AVG)
Kerryon Johnson: 522 rushing yards/yr (4.5 YPC) ... 170 receiving yards/yr (8.1 AVG)
Derrius Guice: 123 rushing yards/yr (5.8 YPC) ... 40 receiving yards/yr (11.3 AVG)
2017
Dalvin Cook: 701 rushing yards/yr (4.6 YPC) ... 305 receiving yards/yr (8.8 AVG) ... Pro Bowl x1
2016
Derrick Henry: 958 rushing yards/yr (4.8 YPC) ... 193 receiving yards/yr (10.1 AVG) ... Pro Bowl x1, 2nd Team All-Pro x1
1 in 10 2nd round RBs, indeed.
If I go further it includes players like Carlos Hyde, Jeremy Hill (who through 3 years of their respective career, is basically Mixon's clone), Giovani Bernard, Le'Veon Bell, Eddie Lacy.
It's by no means a sure thing you're going to get a Mixon-level production RB in the 2nd, but the odds of it are way better than 1 in 10. It's more like 1 in 2.5 or so, maybe 1 in 3.
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Joe Mixon through 3 years: 2,931 rushing yards (4.2 YPC) 17 TD / 870 receiving yards (8.1 AVG) 4 TD
Jeremy Hill through 3 years: 2,757 rushing yards (4.1 YPC) 29 TD / 468 receiving yards (7.4 AVG) 1 TD
Is there anyone who wouldn't have traded Jeremy Hill for an early 2nd round pick after his third year?
Mixon averaging over 4 YPC then they need to pay the man. He must be a God with an average over 4 running behind that o-line. They upgrade the line and you see that average creep towards 5 I guarantee he will be worth keeping.
