Mixon contract restructure finalizing

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(07-15-2023, 01:10 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Rudi Johnson was cooked after his age 27 season.

Chris Johnson was never good after his age 27 season.
Larry Johnson was never good after his age 27 season.
Ezekiel Elliott seems cooked after his age 26 season.
LeSean McCoy was never the same RB after his age 28 season.
Marshawn Lynch was never good after his age 28 season.
DeMarco Murray was never good after his age 28 season.
Maurice Jones-Drew's last good season was his age 26 season.
Ray Rice was done after his age 25 season.
Arian Foster was done after his age 28 season.
LaDainian Tomlinson was a much much worse RB after his age 28 season.
Jamal Lewis was never good again after his age 28 season.

Just pulling names out there, but the list of RBs who are still as good past age 28 isn't huge and it just starts dwindling even quicker from there. 28 is basically the end of the line for a lot of RBs. There are obviously some exceptions, but even those guys normally got worse, they just had a lot more room to decline before passing the line to becoming terrible. Joe Mixon is already at that line and has no more room go to down.


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Except when it comes to effort in pass blocking.   

E Smith 32
W Payton 33
F Gore  33
A Peterson 33
C Martin 31 
T Thomas 30
F Taylor 31
C Dillon 30
R Watters 31
E George 30


All these guys had 1000+ seasons after their 30th birthday. You're absolutely right that the list of guys with longevity and production is short. Mixon just needs to be part of a RBBC and i don't see why he can't get at least 800-1100 yds per season for the next 3.