Former Bengals star’s career outlook suddenly sounds bleak
According to Aaron Wilson of KPRC 2, a source described Mixon’s career as “in doubt” during the season. Throughout the year, an injury return was never close and the team honored Mixon’s wishes for privacy.
The street where Breeden grew up in the hamlet of Hamlet, N.C., now swings 90 miles to Greensboro and the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame. Breeden is one of 11 to be inducted this spring into a Hall that already has a King (Richard Petty), a G.O.A.T. (Michael Jordan) and a Globetrotter (Meadowlark Lemon).
While the Buffalo Bills moved on from a head coach who won a playoff game this season and led seven consecutive postseason appearances, and the Baltimore Ravens fired a coach who reached the playoffs in 12 of 18 seasons and won a Super Bowl, the Bengals chose to run it back in 2026. That decision came despite missing the playoffs in each of the past three seasons and eight of the last 10.
With McDaniel out of the picture, Tampa Bay is moving into the next phase of their search. They’ll conduct second interviews with Brian Callahan and Zac Robinson on Thursday. Callahan initially had a virtual interview a few weeks ago.
Buffalo’s end-of-season press conference featuring owner Terry Pegula and general manager Brandon Beane resulted in both figureheads throwing recently-fired head coach Sean McDermott under the proverbial bus, and rehashing the process of drafting Keon Coleman in 2023. Pegula also clarified he didn’t talk to quarterback Josh Allen about McDermott’s firing, and the decision was ultimately made based on the Bills’ loss to the Denver Broncos in the Divisional Round last weekend.
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