NFL Network- Bengals RB Touches

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The Bengals will love their shiny new toy in Mixon, both as a RB and as a receiving threat. I do, however, think they will try to ease him in to the rotation and not wear him out the first half of the season.

Since Brad interpreted "touches" as carries, I would say that Hill will get quite a bit more than three and Mixon less than 20. Hill will get every opportunity to take advantage of defenses having one less guy in the box as he will be playing for a new contract. Not here, but for somewhere else. You don't cut a guy in his contract year, at least not at the beginning of the season. If at the mid-point Hill is an absolute liability, I could see them greatly reducing his snaps, but they want that compensatory pick when he signed somewhere else next year. Look at what the Bengals got in the 6th round this year. I really doubt they would not keep him in an effort to earn another later compensatory pick.