Player playing most critical role on the team.....

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

(10-29-2020, 12:27 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Mixon isn't living up to his contract either, and I am in the camp of don't pay RBs. He's still better running the ball though.

Yes, the bad run blocking is definitely a factor, but this offense is not a run-oriented offense. It's a pass-oriented one. They should have rolled with a cheap RB and invested that money into OL instead.

But it's based off play action if we believe what Taylor said when he was hired. Rams had Gurley and now a 1-2 punch of Cam Akers and Malcolm Brown. The Rams block better than we do by a mile. The money might've been a bit much, that I'll agree with, but if you're gonna threaten teams with play action, you better be able to run it. 

Of course, they're running a lot of empty sets now, so who knows. From reading, it seems the empty sets have helped Burrow with pre snap reads more as he settles in.