Cincinnati Bengals trading RB Joe Mixon to Houston Texans
The Cincinnati Bengals will move on from Joe Mixon, but the method has changed.
After planning to release Mixon on Monday, the Bengals switched gears. They will instead trade him to the Houston Texans, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported on Tuesday, per sources informed of the deal.
Terms of the trade have not yet been reported.
After agreeing to terms with free-agent running back Zack Moss on Monday, Cincinnati had planned to release Mixon, who took a pay cut last offseason to remain with the Bengals. It seemed fait accompli sides would part this year. Trading Mixon, who had a salary cap figure of $8.85 million, saves Cincy $6.1 million on the cap with $2.75 million in dead money.
