Willie Gay Jr. Interview

[SunsetBengal]

(04-20-2020, 01:33 PM)ochocincos Wrote: I understand and agree.
But to me, until Mixon produces like a Top 5 RB, he doesn't deserve to get paid like a Top 5 RB.
Your math is wrong though. He's getting $10 mill a year for 3 years, it's just spread out over 4 years to lighten the hit on the 2021-2023 cap space.
I don't personally want to see the Bengals spend $13+ mill a year on a player at the RB position.

If we're going to pay him in accordance with his production ranking (9th in rushing yards, 11th in combined rush+rec), and split the difference and say he's the "10th" best RB out there right now, the 10th highest salary for a RB is currently $6.125M/per.

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/rankings/average/running-back/

I think that many of these folks that are saying that the team should extend him for $10M/per, haven't really taken a look at where he ranks statistically and how the salary rankings compare.  They see things like Bell getting $13M and CMC getting $16M/per and think that ALL the new RB contracts will be in the double digit millions/per category, when it simply isn't true.

If we are talking about giving Mixon a 3 year extension, 3 years/$20M would be a number fair to both sides.