Mixon- Bengals had productive talks

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(05-19-2020, 03:30 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Another pretty good RB for the Bengals also played on some crappy teams.  Corey Dillon for quite some time, WAS the only reason to watch the Bengals.

'97   7-9    1129 yds  10 TD  4.8 avg    Rec.  259 yds
'98   3-13   1130        4        4.3                  178       1 TD
'99   4-12   1200        5        4.6                  290       1

Just for comparison, Dillon also played on the only other Bengals team to go 2-14

'02   2-14   1311       7         4.2                  298


At this point in his career, Joe is on par with Corey for overall productivity.  The only decided edge to Dillon was the ability to take it to the house, with the home run ball.  So far, Mixon's best run was for 51 yds, and by this time in Dillon's career, he already had runs of 75 and 66 yards to his credit.  (career long of 96)

But, that game against Denver in 2000 or 2001 where he broke the single game rushing record with 260 or 270 yards gives Dillon more leverage now if he was on this team than Mixon does.

I want Mixon signed but only up to $10 million. I think that's what Mixon and his agent want, that 8 digit number. Go up to $9.99 million, say you got 8 digits and make the Bengals feel as if they got a deal too.