01-20-2022, 09:02 PM
(01-20-2022, 07:31 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Might be unpopular with some, but I will say it anyway. The Mixon contract is bad. It's not even entirely just a matter of Talent vs $, it's a matter of this team having no need for the 7th highest paid RB in the league.
The Bengals had the...
19th most rushing attempts
23rd most rushing yards
26th most rushing YPC
Just seems to be an awful lot of money to commit to a very replaceable position on a team that isn't a good running team.
The last 4 games that Joe Mixon played (including postseason) the Bengals are 4-0... but Joe Mixon rushed 64 times for 217 yards (3.24 YPC) and 1 TD... yet they're still 4-0 against Denver, Baltimore, Kansas City, and Las Vegas. They don't need him to win and can win even when he's consistently doing very very poorly.
So in that context, I do think that paying a guy to be the 7th highest paid RB is a bad contract.
He's fully healthy right now and he's still a backup.
The 9th highest paid CB in the league can't even break into the starting lineup.
I really think a lot of Mixon's struggles are the the blocking. I think he's play will improve along with the offensive line.
