What positions would you sacrifice for better OL?

[samhain]

(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.

I'd keep him.  Not worth it to move on, and he's still plenty young enough to be productive.  You'd still have to replace him with an early draft pick anyway, and those early picks should be earmarked for OL, DT, and CBs.  No need to add another priority when we have late picks anyway.

I def try to groom a mid round guy to step in should he leave next year, but we're not there yet.  Mixon isn't a guy you cut before Burrow signs his 40 mil per deal and Ja'marr gets his 20 plus.  Right about then is when I'd cut bait and get a younger ball carrier.