dickey moe
Fingerpicker
Starting him with Supreme confidence. 100+ yds/1 TD.
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RB Joe Mixon, HOU (1 Viewer)
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Dizzy
Footballguy
Zasada
Footballguy
Right or wrong, I won't be one emailing you. But Matchup Dominator now has Mixon ahead of Swift in my scoring system (thanks to your team for continuing to update through the morning!), and the email commentary you just sent out, quoting "close to normal workload" is enough for me.
FWIW I'm always worried about Swift's touch share, especially after last week, so that played a part in the decision.
FairWarning
Footballguy
I was a Mixon owner last year, not sold on the news today. The Bengals played a lot of games with his injury last year also.
barackdhouse
Footballguy
I actually totally agree. However, I am saying that Mixon will be drafted there. It's a hot take for sure.
FairWarning
Footballguy
I’m between Perine and Gibson. I’m leaning Perine.Gilroy34 said:
FairWarning
Footballguy
I like Connortop dog said:I'm leaning towards starting Mixon over Chase Edmonds or Conner. FBG has Edmonds rated higher, but I like Mixon being active and not having to decide between those guys prior to 4pm.
The Man With No Name
Footballguy
THAT was a nice run
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
East Coast Bias
Footballguy
Yes it was. Not sure where the one random take got their idea "clearly struggling through injury". He didn't look 100% on some plays but on the TD later in the game looked fantastic. For the most part, I'd ask folks post their own takes here. Thanks.
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I am out of market. Can someone post genuine thoughts. I have one share. And to be honest I’ve tried shopping him. But no takers.
Hot Sauce Guy
Footballguy
He got mad at Mixon for having a mild ankle sprain that didn't even cause him to miss a full game and dropped him?
Weird way to manage, but congrats on getting a quality RB giving up only imaginary $. lol
FreeBaGeL
Footballguy
Hoh said:
No idea, it's bewildering. He actually played with Perine in college at OU and Mixon was the receiving back in that split.
I've owned this guy his whole career now in my main dynasty league and I still don't see the standout talent everyone else does. For all the blaming of the Bengals' team over the years he doesn't look that different from Perine or (in prior years) Bernard to me when they're back there.
Hot Sauce Guy
Footballguy
Sounds like 1 writer’s hot take.Hoh said:
pretty much everyone said he’d be limited on Sunday, so I’m not sure it’s a revelation or anything definitive that he lost touches.
Rotoworld proclaimed he “lost receiving duties” in today’s update.
Uh, yeah - he was limited in touches nursing an ankle sprain. Maybe, and I know this is crazy talk, this week isn’t the best sample size to make sweeping judgements about.
Let’s see how things go with Mixon at 100% moving forward. I’m sure Perine & Evans will continue to be sprinkled in, but I am not convinced that Week 5 represents an accurate picture of the backfield split ROS.
Hot Sauce Guy
Footballguy
That would definitely help. Evans will likely continue to siphon a few targets here and there. Not shocking. He’s on the roster, so they probably want to use him.
Yeah, every league is different but that sounds like a lot. We'll have a new version out tomorrow with our Rest Of Season rankings.
FreeBaGeL
Footballguy
I think it's still worth wondering why his receiving usage/production has been so poor in the NFL when it was supposed to probably be his biggest strength coming into the league.
Mixon hasn't had more than 40 yards receiving in a game since November 2018
Gio Bernard was better. This year I have no clue why they pull him for Perine.I think it's still worth wondering why his receiving usage/production has been so poor in the NFL when it was supposed to probably be his biggest strength coming into the league.
Mixon hasn't had more than 40 yards receiving in a game since November 2018
OU#1
Footballguy
Mixon was not just a receiving back at OU. He was just much better at it than the other backs. He was great between the tackles too. I am puzzled myself because he’s a three down NFL back and can do it all. Perhaps his injury history is causing his leadership to limit his reps.
That's what my guess is. Maybe Perine is adequate enough at it that they decide to give Mixon rest on 3rd downs and passing situations.
TZMarkie
Footballguy
I don't think we can blame Mixon himself for his "limited" receiving duties. (Well maybe if you want to chalk some of that up to injury perhaps)
Now I'm not exactly a Bengals fan, but I have had Mixon on and off in fantasy the last few years.
Has he really had great QB-ing at the pro level? (I think Dalton was the QB there in 2018 and 2019, Mixon was there both years) Let's not go out on a limb and say Dalton was a check down (to RB) master, and I'm of the opinion that Burrow is still easing his way in to being a solid QB. His season was cut short last year remember....?
Above all this, I'd be willing to bet that it is partially poor play calling, and also part wanting to use a bit of a committee at RB, remember Bernard was used heavily at times. (and then very rarely at others)
Just because we as fantasy owners want to see a guy become an outright workhorse, do it all and lead us to championships, doesn't mean the coaches want the same thing.
His rushing attempts this season have been 29, 20, 18,16 and 10 this last week when he was injured. His receptions have been 4, 1, 1 , 1 and 1 this week. No matter how you shake it, thats A LOT of touches in this injury riddled season. (and it was most certainly less this week because he was gimpy also)
Would I like to see Mixon give me a few more receptions each week? Sure.
But I'm also just happy to have a guy getting this many touches overall. It seems like there are fewer and fewer of these guys every year.
Hopefully he will be primed and ready to go off this week vs DETROIT , and he also gets the JETS in week 8. If he stays healthy, he has some big days coming.
TZM
Now I'm not exactly a Bengals fan, but I have had Mixon on and off in fantasy the last few years.
Has he really had great QB-ing at the pro level? (I think Dalton was the QB there in 2018 and 2019, Mixon was there both years) Let's not go out on a limb and say Dalton was a check down (to RB) master, and I'm of the opinion that Burrow is still easing his way in to being a solid QB. His season was cut short last year remember....?
Above all this, I'd be willing to bet that it is partially poor play calling, and also part wanting to use a bit of a committee at RB, remember Bernard was used heavily at times. (and then very rarely at others)
Just because we as fantasy owners want to see a guy become an outright workhorse, do it all and lead us to championships, doesn't mean the coaches want the same thing.
His rushing attempts this season have been 29, 20, 18,16 and 10 this last week when he was injured. His receptions have been 4, 1, 1 , 1 and 1 this week. No matter how you shake it, thats A LOT of touches in this injury riddled season. (and it was most certainly less this week because he was gimpy also)
Would I like to see Mixon give me a few more receptions each week? Sure.
But I'm also just happy to have a guy getting this many touches overall. It seems like there are fewer and fewer of these guys every year.
Hopefully he will be primed and ready to go off this week vs DETROIT , and he also gets the JETS in week 8. If he stays healthy, he has some big days coming.
TZM
As others have said, Perine out-received him largely due to his coming back from injury and clearly on a snap count.Hoh said:
In the first 4 games, Mixon had 9 targets, Perine had 4.
Also, I wouldn't say Mixon has not been used significantly in the passing game in his pro career so far. If you measure by targets vs rushing attempts, he's pretty middling. But I know, I'd like to see him well above-average. And I am hopefully optimistic (i.e., stupid) that will still develop.
Pigskin Fanatic
Footballguy
adding to TZMarkie's post above, if you are thinking that Cinci as a team is not passing enough to its backs, then sure, that's a matter of opinion on play calling. but if you're saying they are not passing enough to Mixon and instead passing to someone else because of any concerns about his abilities, you may be chasing a perception mirage.
- 2017 Gio 60 targes in 16 games, Mixon 34 targets in 14 games. Gio was #16 in RB targets for the season and was already an established receiving back with Mixon coming in as a rookie.
- 2018 Mixon 55 targets in 14 games, Gio 48 targets in 12 games. Mixon was #18 in RB targets for the season.
- 2019 Mixon 45 targets in 16 games, Gio 43 targets in 16 games. Roughly #28 and #30 for these guys, respectively, in RB targets for the season.
- 2020 Gio 59 targets in 16 games, Mixon 26 targets in 6 games, enter Smaje with 26 targets in 11 games without Mixon.
Gottabesweet
Footballguy
Maybe he’s just in a timeshare even without an injury.
habsfan
Footballguy
I feel like this is one of those disconnects fantasy players experience between what should be happening and what actually is happening. So far, the Bengals don't seem to care what we think about Perine.
OU#1
Footballguy
Zasada
Footballguy
Any updates on Mixon practicing this week? I benched Swift last week in favour of Mixon, which proved to be a mistake, but it could have been even worse were it not for that TD.
Is Perine likely "out" for this week given COVID status?
Not sure if I should make the same mistake two weeks in a row. But if Perine is out, and Mixon is practicing, I probably will start Mixon again.
Is Perine likely "out" for this week given COVID status?
Not sure if I should make the same mistake two weeks in a row. But if Perine is out, and Mixon is practicing, I probably will start Mixon again.
Pigskin Fanatic
Footballguy
Perine tested positive, so not likely to clear protocol by Sunday. Expect him to be out. I read a blurb on CBS yesterday that they believe Mixon came back too early from his injury, but there was no official info from the team on any setbacks so not sure if that was speculation based on his usage on Sunday. I'm no doctor, but he looked good in the carries he had, I didn't see him being tentative at all.
It's a bit early today, looking for the initial practice report for this week over the next couple of hours.
It's a bit early today, looking for the initial practice report for this week over the next couple of hours.
Charlie Harper
Footballguy
I haven't been able to find anywhere that said Perine tested positive. Is testing positive the only way you can you get on the COVID List or can you with just close contact situation? Has that been ruled out?
Pigskin Fanatic
Footballguy
you can be contract trace or test positive. The road back to active status is different depending on which one you are on. here's the blurb from cbs yesterday on Perine:
iirc for contact tracing where they don't test postive, they can get back to active after two back to back 24 hour tests. but don't quote me on that last one.
