Mixon to take pay cut?

[*ochocincos*]

I'm going to say this in the nicest way for Mixon, but he should only be offered about what Samaje Perine got with the Broncos.
2 years, $7.5 mill. $3.75 mill APY.
Maybe bump Mixon up to $4 mill APY since he has been overall more productive, but only because he got more of the touches.
Both Mixon and Perine have rushed for about the same YPC (Perine actually a bit higher), so it's not like Mixon was a standout.

With that said, I'm not overly concerned whether he's on the team or not.
Having ~4.0 YPC isn't considered good anymore, it's ~4.5 YPC.
Over 25 RBs that played significant snaps had 4.3 YPC or higher. 19 of them 4.5 YPC or higher.

I'm not saying any RB can achieve what Mixon did, but I do think it's relatively easy given enough opportunity to get 800+ rushing yards for close to 4.0 YPC in about any offense in the NFL nowadays. I do think an early draft pick can definitely do it, and you'd have them for 4-5 years on a very affordable contract.