“A lot, man,” Texans wide receiver Nico Collins said when asked what Mixon means to the team. “He’s a leader, a dawg, a captain and that piece that we needed. We need that leadership, and that’s what be brings every day and that dawg mentality. He’s the same person Monday through Sunday.
“Ain’t nothing changes but the day with him. So, I’m glad he’s on this side, glad he’s out there making plays for us. We know what kind of dude he is. He brings that grit. He brings that dawg and that’s what we’re about.”
“It’s everything because when you are put in gotta-have it situations you’ve got to deliver,” Mixon said inside the visitors’ locker room minutes after loud music played in celebration. “You’ve got to do whatever you can to show up for your brothers. I tell them boys, ‘Just give me a crease, I’m going to find it, I’m going to make you right.’
Story by Aaron Wilson:
https://www.click2houston.com/sports/2024/12/07/how-texans-bruising-running-back-joe-mixon-is-leader-piece-we-needed-brings-dawg-mentality-grit-to-offense/
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Sure wish I saw that dawg like once in run blocking this season
He’s been a beast all year.