Quote:REPORT: The #Bengals are expected to release Pro Bowl running back Joe Mixon, per Matthew Berry of NBC.

Cincinnati would save $6.1 million in cap space if they were to release Mixon.

(03-06-2024, 11:43 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: A friend just sent me the link on X:



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I'm glad that we're moving on. Loved him for a lot of his career but I just don't think he fits our system too well anymore.

Who do we go after now? 

Henry? Jacobs? Barkley?

(03-06-2024, 11:53 PM)Brownshoe Wrote: Wasn't there a lot of reports last year of this same thing? I don't think he'll be cut.

(03-06-2024, 11:53 PM)Brownshoe Wrote: Wasn't there a lot of reports last year of this same thing? I don't think he'll be cut.

(03-06-2024, 11:57 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Last year he took a pay cut and this year he would still be costing us around 8 mil and he is just getting older.

It was dumb to pay him so much when we did when he cannot break tackles or make people miss with any consistency.

He is a pass catcher and his best quality is his ball security which is why I would be okay with Mixon not being cut, but things change.

(03-07-2024, 12:02 AM)Brownshoe Wrote: I don't think we're the type of team to eat dead cap and create a hole in our offense. We really don't have anyone anywhere close to proven as a RB right now if we get rid of Mixon. Mixon is rarely hurt and he has good ball security. He's a solid RB who has to run behind a bad OL. It's hard to make people miss or break tackles when you don't have very big holes and you got the big boys on you right away.

(03-07-2024, 12:05 AM)sandwedge Wrote: Maybe we don't need a FA RB...

(03-07-2024, 12:05 AM)pulses Wrote: Mixon just isnt worth almost 9 milion ANY YEAR. Sorry that's just a fact. You can replace his production for much cheaper.

(03-07-2024, 12:02 AM)Brownshoe Wrote: I don't think we're the type of team to eat dead cap and create a hole in our offense. We really don't have anyone anywhere close to proven as a RB right now if we get rid of Mixon. Mixon is rarely hurt and he has good ball security. He's a solid RB who has to run behind a bad OL. It's hard to make people miss or break tackles when you don't have very big holes and you got the big boys on you right away.

(03-07-2024, 12:07 AM)bfine32 Wrote: Well then, he shouldn't have much trouble finding work at his current wage if we release him

(03-07-2024, 12:07 AM)bfine32 Wrote: Well then, he shouldn't have much trouble finding work at his current wage if we release him

(03-07-2024, 12:07 AM)Brownshoe Wrote: He had 1400 all-purpose yards and 12 TDs last year and he had a "down year" last year.

(03-07-2024, 12:12 AM)NUGDUKWE Wrote: I brought this up in the other thread. But do you think we would be doing him a disservice releasing him after the start of FA?

(03-07-2024, 12:07 AM)Brownshoe Wrote: He had 1400 all-purpose yards and 12 TDs last year and he had a "down year" last year.

(03-07-2024, 12:12 AM)Bengalbug Wrote: Maybe, maybe not,  but who said current wage? Maybe he takes another pay cut.

(03-06-2024, 11:49 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: I have been leaning this way that we will release Mixon, but I will believe it when I see it. I don't think we go after the high priced RB's.

Of those you mention Brad, I would take Barkley as he is still young even if he has had a bad injury history so far in the league, he has
crazy upside if he can stay healthy. Thought Henry ran great late in the season in one game to show he still has it, but he is getting a little
long in the tooth for a RB. Tony Pollard has been mentioned by Nug and I always thought he ran well when I watched him.

There will be so many options that I think we could really hit on an upgrade pretty easily and add a good one in the Draft on top of it.

(03-06-2024, 11:51 PM)pulses Wrote: Won't be any big names....I can see someone like Devin Singletary or even Zach Moss and then they'll draft a RB in the mid rounds and they'll be set.