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(10-24-2019, 04:46 PM)fredtoast Wrote: 1.  Mixon's lack of production this year is not his fault.

2.  The highest paid RB in the league (Elliott) makes $15 million a year.  No way in hell any team is going to pay Mixon that much.  The 7th highest paid RB makes HALF that much.

3.  I believe in paying good players to keep them here.  Aren't you one of the people who complain about Mike Brown being too cheap to keep our top players here?

4.  Bengals have a poor record of drafting, so chances are we would not be able to replace Mixon with any pick we would get in trade.

1.The OL sucks, but Mixon compounds the issues by trying to bounce everything outside and getting stuffed instead of taking 2 yard gains.  He also hasn't looked good in pass pro and isn't a great receiving threat.  He is not playing well, either.

2.Mixon is on record as saying that RB's are underpaid as a position group.  That's the same thing LeVeon Bell said when he fought the franchise tag.  You can very well be looking at a Melvin Gordon type situation next year if they don't cave to his demands.

3.I don't complain about player retention that much.  Fact is, Mixon is a one year wonder until he proves otherwise.  Everybody thought Jeremy Hill was the second coming of Corey Dillon for a minute.  You going to give Lawson a fat extension based off his rookie year?  I don't have an issue giving a guy what they're worth, but breaking the bank for a guy who had a good year last year and sucks this year isn't that.

4.They drafted him, didn't they?  If your drafting sucks, you address the fact that your drafting sucks.  You don't not make trades for draft picks.  That's the same logic they applied to FA.  They brought in some big names and got burned, so they just stopped trying.

Make no mistake, I'm not calling around trying to move him, but with his poor performance this year and the reasonable chance he misses games with a prolonged holdout next year, if someone calls about him I'd entertain it.