02-15-2022, 01:44 PM
(02-15-2022, 01:36 PM)ochocincos Wrote: 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.
Based on this info, it seems more wise to keep him at the savings won't net enough money to make invest in the OL. Once his deal expires, the Bengals would be wise to draft a young RB rather than sign Mixon to an overpay.