While the Cincinnati Bengals have had an overall great offseason, one major storyline remains in the status of Joe Mixon.
The team’s full-time starting running back since 2018, Mixon is coming off a season in which he averaged a mere 58.1 rushing yards per game, his lowest mark since his rookie year in 2017. He averaged just 3.9 yards per carry, the third worst of his career, while also struggling in pass protection.
Set to turn 27 in July, Mixon’s numbers look even worse if you take away his Week 9 performance against the Carolina Panthers defense, where he ran for five of his seven rushing scores on the season, along with season-highs in rushing yards (153) and yards per rush (6.