It was a tough performance for Marvin Mims on Saturday. Uncharacteristic really. But even the best players have that outlier game, which is what his performance against Iowa State was. An outlier.
After going for nine receptions and 106 yards against Kansas, Mims struggled against Iowa State. In the win, the Sooners’ No. 1 wide receiver saw six targets, making two catches for 16 yards. He had two drops on the game, one of which would have helped kickstart the Oklahoma offense in the early going.
It was the lowest yardage total of his career in a game where he saw five or more targets. According to Pro Football Focus, it was the first time since his freshman year he recorded two drops in the same game.
But we’ve seen enough of Marvin Mims to know that this type of performance isn’t indicative of the type of player he is. He’s one of the five best players on the roster and has proven it time and time again. And to hear offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby tell it, he’ll have plenty of opportunities to prove just that moving forward.
“For Marvin, it’s just about having that short memory because I’m going to have one,” Lebby said to the media on Monday. “I’m going to come back to him, and I know he’s going to make those plays. We’re going to continue to have a ton of confidence in him.”
Marvin Mims is the type of player that will take what happened on Saturday and use it as fuel to inspire his performance against the Baylor Bears, a team that’s been really good against the run up the middle. The Sooners will need their star wide receiver to have a bounceback performance to keep their winning ways going.
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