Multiple teams call about Gio

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(03-25-2021, 02:58 PM)Bengalholic Wrote:

One last note on Giovani Bernard, no team currently has more money tied up into RBs in 2021 than the #Bengals (via OTC).

1. Bengals: 15.9M
2. Cowboys: 15.5M
3. Titans: 15.5M
4. Giants: 15.0M
5. Broncos: 14.2M
6. Saints: 11.8M

— Paul Dehner Jr. (@pauldehnerjr) March 25, 2021

 

And what have the Bengals gotten for $15.9M from it's running game?  24th and 27th in the NFL respectively.   

Again, you can go find a FA running back or heck even a UDFA after the draft at RB and they'll give you the exact same production that Mixon and Gio have given you the past 2 years.  

It's not hard to rank 5th from the bottom in the NFL in the running game.  

Honestly, whenever Mixon's contract is cap friendly I'd cut him as well.  Again, you can draft someone just as good as him at a lesser cost to the cap.   I like Mixon but not for what he's counting against our cap.