Mixon's Migrane Should Be Good Now

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(09-02-2020, 11:59 AM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: Because he was already under contract for this year.  His base salary for this year has not changed.

I'm talking the actual costs of the extension.  What did it cost to retain his services?  How much new money is added?

For those of you who are valuing his actual worth at 9.6 million.  I have a very simple question for you:  Why not just let him play out his rookie deal, and offer the 9.6 mil per at the end of the season then? 


That would've saved us a ton of money if that is truly is the worth that was just set.  But it's not.  His worth was set at 12 mil per.  That's exactly what it cost to add 4 more years to his exising deal.

The VERY simple answer is because he earns 100% of the bonus today and was making peanuts in comparison to his production as a rookie wage-scaled 2nd round pick.  

Yes, that is what it cost to ADD FOUR YEARS to his deal, making him a Bengal for FIVE YEARS.  If the Bengals opt out after three years (which is in the contract language), then he has had roughly $36 million added to his current deal of $1.7 Million making it just under $39 million for FOUR years.  And I sincerely hope he produces so much that they want to keep him for that last year, but the language protects the Bengals should he show a rapid decline.