Cincinnati Bengals rookie running back Joe Mixon rushed 18 times for 62 yards and caught 3 passes (3 targets) for 39 yards in the Sunday's Week 3 loss to the Green Bay Packers.
Mixon's 21 touches were as many as he saw in Weeks 1 and 2 combined as Bengals new offensive coordinator Bill Lazor committed to getting the rookie the football. Jeremy Hill saw 8 touches and Giovani Bernard scored a touchdown on 5 of his own, but this appears to be Mixon's backfield moving forward. He will carry RB2 appeal into a Week 4 matchup with the Cleveland Browns.
Despite the encouraging workload, per numberFire Live, Mixon finished with -2.65 Rushing Net Expected Points in Week 3, meaning a league average running back would have scored 2.65 more points than Mixon did if put in similar situations. That said, his 11.6 FanDuel points exceeded what our models expected (6.6).