What positions would you sacrifice for better OL?

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(02-15-2022, 11:33 AM)TecmoBengals Wrote: RB, rationale:

1) Taylor and Burrow are running an offense that passes 70%+ of the time.
2) Higgins and Chase are the young studs at WR & on rookie deals. This necessitates the offense is going to use them as weapons.
3) Many teams go with the trend of not investing a high draft pick in RBs or investing a lot of dollars into the position.

I'd say buh bye Mixon and invest a 2nd to 4th round pick on a RB replacement to free up money for the OL. I fully note that I am not one to seek understanding about NFL contracts and related cap space issues, so I'm guessing "ditch Mixon and save money" isn't as easy as I suggest.

Mixon is set to make $11.42 mill this coming season.
He'll have a dead cap of $8.25 mill if team moves on from him (trade or released).
So it'd just be a savings of just about $3.1 mill.
I don't know of the Bengals letting a player go with that much dead cap, and Mixon was a Top 5 RB this past season, so they probably will keep him for 2022.
I can definitely see them looking to move on for 2023 though, as the cap savings becomes $7.25 mill at that point.