Cincinnati Bengals working again Joe Mixon has been via 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 yr — their $61.3M in 2024 cap house is seventh-most within the league — many have questioned whether or not Mixon could possibly be launched this time and save the workforce $5.75M versus carrying a $8.85M cap hit into subsequent yr.
Mixon doesn’t appear to be nervous about his standing with the Bengals, nevertheless, as his social media response about probably being minimize suggests his spot on Cincy’s roster is protected and he is uninterested in speaking about it.
