The unknown that is the NFL’s salary cap situation in 2021 and beyond is something that could play a part in the Cincinnati Bengals doing an extension with star running back Joe Mixon.
But Bengals director of player personnel Duke Tobin made it sound like they want to proceed with an extension regardless.
Tobin met with media Monday before training camp began and said the team wants to keep Mixon for the long-term and that he isn’t worried about positional value so much as he is about just keeping a great player.
He also highlighted the point about the salary cap, per Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com:
The cap is an understandably big concern. It could be dramatically reduced in 2021 and the following seasons as the NFL hopes to recoup some of the revenue losses with fans largely unable to attend games.
But extension structure is a way the Bengals could get around having a reduced cap but still keeping Mixon under contract for the long-term.
With A.J. Green’s deadline over, it feels like a Mixon extension could happen any day. And funnily enough, it sure seemed like Mixon and Shawn Williams were talking about his extension on Twitter recently.
