If you’ve been watching the Cincinnati Bengals’ offense this season, one thing is entirely familiar — Joe Burrow has been pressured and sacked a lot, despite the team’s re-structured offensive line. Not that all those sacks and pressures are the line’s fault.
There’s something else about this offense that has been quite unfamiliar — Joe Mixon, one of the best backs in the NFL today, has been just about invisible in a big-play sense. In Cincinnati’s first three games, Mixon had run 58 times for 163 yards, 2.8 yards per carry, and no touchdowns. He’s had just two runs of 10 or more yards, and just one run of 15 or more yards.
