Cincinnati Bengals working again Joe Mixon has been by way of this earlier than.
Throughout a tumultuous offseason highlighted by authorized points, Mixon was topic to hypothesis that the Bengals would launch him to create some salary-cap reduction earlier than he agreed to restructure his contract and take a $4.39 million pay minimize final July.
Whereas the Bengals aren’t strapped for money this 12 months — their $61.3M in 2024 cap area is seventh-most within the league — many have questioned whether or not Mixon might be launched this time and save the group $5.75M versus carrying a $8.85M cap hit into subsequent 12 months.
Mixon doesn’t appear to be frightened about his standing with the Bengals, nonetheless, as his social media response about presumably being minimize suggests his spot on Cincy’s roster is secure and he is bored with speaking about it.