Any other potential surprise cuts for Bengals?

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(03-18-2022, 10:05 PM)basballguy Wrote: I think we already have him at a bargain and any additional performance turns it into an absolute steal that could cause a Keyshawn Johnson type player to demand a new deal.  (I do not think Mixon is that type)

Mixon's scheduled to make 8M/9.4M/9.6M over the next 3 years and is coming off his 292 carries for 1206 yards and 13 TDs. 

Zeke is scheduled to make 12M this year off 237/1002/10
McCafferty is scheduled for 8.4M (injury season)
Henry is scheduled to make 12M (injury season)
Kamara's salary is cheap this year but next year bumps up to 9.4M
Dalvin Cook...same story....
Hell even Nick Chubb has a better salary than Mixon.  

It seems all the "top" RBs are warranting a salary of 10-13M/year once all the silliness that is signing bonuses and guaranteed money settle down.  We got Mixon for under that and arguably get better performance than most of those guys.  

Note:  I'm completely ignoring the silliness of those fake years on contracts...like Kamara's last year is over 22M...Saints will never pay that

Agree and said he is going nowhere presently. But Bengals are running him an awful lot and expect that to increase this year. 

Do expect a phenomenal year from Mixon and like the guy a lot. Yet don't think the way to win is to pay a RB that sort of money these days.

Believe you just proved my point with 4 out of the 6 players listed not even making the playoffs and none listed won a playoff game this year. Zeke did make playoffs for the first time since 18 and coincidentally they have not won a playoff game since 18 either. But of course he was on a rookie contract then and they could build a better team around him. See Cowboys moving on from him in near future , as in next year.

Henry is the exception to the rule but even he proved what happens when a team is so invested in one guy playing a position where players tend to  get hurt often. 

Plus there are youngsters like Najee Harris who ran for 1,200 yards behind a poor O-line as well making 3.2 million a year.  

Like I said am a big fan of Mixon and expect him to be a beast behind the Bengals new O-line, es[ecially if Collins signs. Yet out of the 5 seasons he has been with the Bengals he has not not even averaged a 1,000 yds rushing a year. In fact has not broke a thousand 2 out of the 5. His receiving certainly helps counter this, but still. 

He already has over 1,100 carries and 171 receptions which will be over 1,400 and 200 after this year if he remains healthy. That's getting up there and the average for NFL RB's does not even exceed 1,000 carries or 3 years of service. 

Love the guy and think he will be a huge part of the teams success but eventually we will have to look elsewhere to save money for Burrow and Chase and RB's are the easiest position to find NFL ready coming out of college imo.  We are fortunate the LSU products are on Rookie deals, but fat will have to be trimmed in near future. 

Hopefully we get two more years out of him but would be looking to draft a RB now to help alleviate his workload.