Worst Contracts on each team

[CJD]

(01-20-2022, 08:01 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: He did it with the 3rd most carries in the NFL. It's not like he created anything extra than expected from his workload. He was .2 YPC below league average (which might include kneel downs?), he just had the benefit of a QB with WRs that could keep scoring, allowing him to keep grinding out carries in games where he wasn't producing. He did have a couple real good games, but it was mostly just accumulation through bulk subpar numbers.

I don't think he does. Nick Chubb has never had a season below 5.0 YPC and has a career 5.3 YPC. Joe Mixon has never had a season of 5.0 YPC and has a career 4.1 YPC.

I know there's an OL difference between the two, but there has also been a receiving weapon difference between the two to draw guys out of the box. 1.2 YPC between careers is an ENORMOUS difference in productivity that can't just be handwaved away with OL alone. That's the career difference between Cedric Benson and Barry Sanders.

I don't really feel strongly enough about Mixon to disagree too much. He has been a fine player, but nothing special. I wonder what he'd produce if he was given Chubb's line, but hypotheticals do us no good. All I know is, even if he's overpaid, he isn't a waste of money. He is a high carry back who can occasionally break a big run and he gets the tough yards (like the 1 yard that he got against the Raiders on 4th and 1 despite 3 guys waiting for him in the backfield.)

Could we do better? Sure. Would that money probably be spent better elsewhere? Probably. Could he be replaced by a talented 2nd rounder like Javonte Williams at a fraction of the cost? Most likely, yea.

But when I think of a "bad contract," I think more along the lines of a guy who is underperforming, not someone who's positional value is hard to justify his contract. Otherwise, Reader's contract would be a tough sell as well, since Nose Tackles are traditionally considered not positionally valuable.