The Cincinnati Bengals have been in a state of limbo with running back Joe Mixon this offseason. All signs pointed to the team parting ways with their starting running back or asking him to take a pay cut, but no official decision regarding his future has been announced. But it appears a decision has been made.
This week, Cincinnati Bengals reporter Paul Dehner Jr. of The Athletic reported that the team will ask Mixon either to take a pay cut or leave the team.
“Joe Mixon remains ‘right now,’ as Katie Blackburn said three times when asked about him at the league meetings,” Dehner wrote on Wednesday. “His next steps involve the conclusion of the aggravated menacing case refiled against him by the Cincinnati Police Department and negotiation of a pay cut the team is expected to ask him to either accept or be let go.”
It’s a pretty big decision from the Bengals, and the NFL world had plenty to say about it on social media this week.
This is the only way Joe Mixon stays a Bengal… https://t.co/xyu0jaBoYF
— Dan Clasgens (@DanClasgens) April 19, 2023
— Drew Garrison (@DrewGarrison) April 18, 2023
*Bengals are expected because some people expect they will.
I've not heard any confirmation from the team on this, nor is this news that people have been saying this. https://t.co/8L1U4D76IP
— 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗖𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 (@BengalsCaptain) April 19, 2023
Shouldnt be a surprise to anybody. But i am seriously starting to think about how the Bengals feel about gibbs at 28 https://t.co/EYx0dUumou
— Der German Tiger🐅 (@DerGermanTiger) April 18, 2023
https://twitter.com/JaMarrJungle/status/1648442394906619905?s=20
We’ll have to see what Mixon ultimately decides to do, but it’s quite clear that if he does return, he will not be making the same money he made last year.
