Joe Mixon May Hold Out

[*TheLeonardLeap*]

Fine him the most you possibly can, suspend him for conduct detrimental, and draft his replacement, and let him sit on the gameday inactive roster all year when he does return.

RBs are simply too replaceable to deal with BS from them. I was already on board with drafting a replacement for Mixon in 2021 and letting him walk in FA because you shouldn't pay RBs. This just moves that plan forward a year.


He can play a year for the Bengals, or he can sit for a year and see if he fares better than Le'Veon Bell did with a year off football. A RB isn't the position you should be caving towards with demands. Doubly so when AJ Green is already unhappy with his franchise tag and lack of long-term deal. If they cave to Mixon, then they'll have to cave to AJ. Then does WJ3 get upset that he's not getting paid? Then does Burrow get upset 3 years in when he doesn't get an extension? It's just a bad policy to start, even worse when it's a RB, and even more worse when it's a non-Pro Bowler/non-All-Pro player. At least when the Jets did the holdout-every-two-years dance with Revis, he was a HoF talent.