10-19-2020, 11:13 AM
I am sorry that I don't have a video clip of the play...maybe someone with the editing skills can find it and post it, but there was a play towards the end of the game that just drove me crazy.
Joe Mixon, our $12 Million Dollar Man, took a checkdown from Burrow (it actually looked like a designed play) where Burrow looked to the middle, then turned and fired to Mixon to his right. Mixon caught the ball cleanly then proceeded to jog toward the sideline and ran out of bounds after about an 8 yard gain. It was 2nd and very long, as there was a loss on first down (of course).
There was one defender that didn't even really hit Joe, he just kind of eased him out of bounds. One defender. Now, I know Mixon was nursing an injury of some sort so maybe that explains all of it, but he wasn't limping or anything. He just looked completely disinterested and jogged out of bounds.
One of two things should have happened on that pass: Mixon absolutely trucks the defender at full speed and runs him over, or he cuts back inside and tries to make the first down. After running out of bounds, he just moped back to the huddle with a bored look on his face. They were still very much in that game. What was he thinking? Where was the energy? More than ANY other form of ineptitude, I CAN'T STAND when it looks like they just aren't trying or don't care.
Did anyone else see that play and think the same thing?
Joe Mixon, our $12 Million Dollar Man, took a checkdown from Burrow (it actually looked like a designed play) where Burrow looked to the middle, then turned and fired to Mixon to his right. Mixon caught the ball cleanly then proceeded to jog toward the sideline and ran out of bounds after about an 8 yard gain. It was 2nd and very long, as there was a loss on first down (of course).
There was one defender that didn't even really hit Joe, he just kind of eased him out of bounds. One defender. Now, I know Mixon was nursing an injury of some sort so maybe that explains all of it, but he wasn't limping or anything. He just looked completely disinterested and jogged out of bounds.
One of two things should have happened on that pass: Mixon absolutely trucks the defender at full speed and runs him over, or he cuts back inside and tries to make the first down. After running out of bounds, he just moped back to the huddle with a bored look on his face. They were still very much in that game. What was he thinking? Where was the energy? More than ANY other form of ineptitude, I CAN'T STAND when it looks like they just aren't trying or don't care.
Did anyone else see that play and think the same thing?
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