02-06-2020, 11:39 AM
(02-05-2020, 06:18 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: The only conversation Mixon is in with the elite backs I named is the conversation that goes "Is Joe Mixon as good as these guys?" "No." conversation over. Lol
No matter what, Mixon is playing for $1.7m this year. Just because you want to spread out the cap hits to make it seem like you're proposing to pay him less, it doesn't change the fact you're proposing to give him $40m more for only 3 years more. That is paying $13.3m/yr. For a RB.
If you really think Mixon is an elite RB, let him play his 4th year at $1.7m and prove it. You're already proposing paying him 3yr/$40m and making him the 4th highest paid RB in the league. What's the worst that could happen if he is somehow indeed the rare breed of RB that deserves paid in 2020? You have to offer him a few more million a year? That's a way better result than giving the guy $40m only to find out you paid Jeremy Hill 2.0 and you've already committed yourself to giving him a signing bonus and put dead cap restrictions on yourself if you need to cut him.
Fair enough. I guess I am just more impressed by the back to back 1,000 yard seasons behind some absolutely terrible OL play with Dalton, Driskel and Finley at QB. I would love to see what he could do behind a good OL and with a Heisman all world QB.
He would be under contract for the next 4 years for 41.7m. Do the math however you want.
That is part of the reason he is signing a new contract early, he is getting a raise now. Sure he could hit the jackpot in free agency if he stays healthy and lights it up. But it is NFL football shit happens. He gets to capitalize on his value now and get guaranteed money and we get to secure a top notch RB talent in the prime of his career.
I'm usually in the RBs are a dime a dozen crowd.
