On Thursday afternoon, various media outlets went ahead and confirmed what it appeared we had been building toward for months... veteran running back Joe Mixon would likely remain on the physically unable to perform list and end up missing the entirety of the current NFL season.
Mixon's health status has been a subplot since the spring, when a mysterious foot injury kept the Pro Bowl running back out of OTAs and minicamp. The very same foot injury prevented Mixon from getting onto the field during training camp, and it's kept Mixon from playing a single snap during the 2025 campaign.