Willie Gay Jr. Interview

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(04-20-2020, 02:39 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: 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.

Yep.
Now maybe Mixon doesn't get enough touches and his reasoning could be, "I'd be up there too if you gave me more opportunities!"
Well, they aren't, so you can't justify paying that much until/unless you use him like that.
I was saying 3 years, $30 mill extension because that's basically the max I'd go.