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The Houston Texans are reportedly done with running back Joe Mixon.
According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, the team is releasing the veteran running back after two seasons in Houston.
"Source: Texans released RB Joe Mixon," Schefter reported.
The writing was on the wall that this was going to happen for quite some time now, and it was pretty much confirmed after the Texans traded for David Montgomery.
Why Texans are releasing Joe Mixon
ESPN's Adam Schefter reports that Mixon requested his release from the Texans, but it's almost certain he would have been cut anyway.
Mixon was highly productive in his first season with the Texans, but that's about where the positivity for his tenure in Houston stops.
Set to turn 30 in July, Mixon is coming off a season in which he didn't play at all after he suffered a still mysterious foot injury last offseason.
With Mixon getting up there in age, and coming off a disappointing season, this outcome was inevitable.
Cutting Mixon will be a source of added cap space. Houston will add $8 million in cap room upon releasing him and will only incur $2 million in dead money.
Now, Houston will move forward with a running backs room that consists of Montgomery, Woody Marks and Jawhar Jordan.
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