Mixon's Migrane Should Be Good Now

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(09-02-2020, 12:40 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: The problem is even if they choose to to get out after next seaon they'll have paid him 21 million dollars for 2 seaons of work.

His rookie contract would have paid him around 1.7 mil.  The franchise tag amount for running backs in 2020 is currently set at 10.278 million.  So by letting him play out his existing deal, and simple tagging him, it would have cost roughly 12 mil for the same two years.

Just food for thought, if somehow they do elect to opt out after 2021...

Personally, I would have let him play out this and tagged him next year if I thought he still had tread on his tires.  

The big issue with this deal is that it's an extension.  With an extension, the player is expected to take less than they could get next year on the open market in exchange for having the security of the up front money and injury guarantees.  Joe would not have gotten 4 years, $48 mil on the open market next year with the strength of the FA RB class and the salary cap actually expected to drop $20+million instead of increase.  It's a terrible deal for the Bengals.  The only saving grace is they can get our from under it in a couple of years due to the structure.