Worst Contracts on each team

[CJD]

(01-20-2022, 07:31 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Might be unpopular with some, but I will say it anyway. The Mixon contract is bad. It's not even entirely just a matter of Talent vs $, it's a matter of this team having no need for the 7th highest paid RB in the league.

The Bengals had the... 
19th most rushing attempts
23rd most rushing yards
26th most rushing YPC 

Just seems to be an awful lot of money to commit to a very replaceable position on a team that isn't a good running team.

The last 4 games that Joe Mixon played (including postseason) the Bengals are 4-0... but Joe Mixon rushed 64 times for 217 yards (3.24 YPC) and 1 TD... yet they're still 4-0 against Denver, Baltimore, Kansas City, and Las Vegas. They don't need him to win and can win even when he's consistently doing very very poorly.

So in that context, I do think that paying a guy to be the 7th highest paid RB is a bad contract.

Mixon's contract is a tough one. He has taken over some games and he's been completely ineffective in others. Running backs are an inherently dependent position. If you have a bad Oline, your RB will be bad regardless of their talent level. And, it kind of works in reverse too. If you have a good Oline, your RB can usually be successful regardless of talent level. I honestly expected Mixon to be under 1000 yards this season because of the Oline. I credit him for being able to get the 3rd most rushing yards in the NFL behind this line. 

If we can sure up RT and RG, I think we could actually have some of those Mixon take over games. He has the talent to play like Nick Chubb in Cleveland, where you get a lead and can legitimately just waste the rest of the game, if you want to. And, if we fix the Oline, running and 1st and 2nd down when you need a first down may actually be a good idea, rather than a waste of two downs like it was against the Raiders haha.

With that said, if I had to pick out a "bad contract" of that bunch, Mixon would be it just because of that inherent dependability on another position group in order to make an impact.