What’s going on with former Bengals star Joe Mixon?

Former Cincinnati Bengals running back Joe Mixon appeared to finally find a new NFL home this week when securing a workout with the Seattle Seahawks. That seemed all well and done, but the Seahawks refused to sign Mixon after getting him in town for a physical. Now we know more about the mystery foo

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Former Cincinnati Bengals running back Joe Mixon appeared to finally find a new NFL home this week when securing a workout with the Seattle Seahawks.

That seemed all well and done, but the Seahawks refused to sign Mixon after getting him in town for a physical.

Now we know more about the mystery foot issue that has plagued Mixon for a few years via a report from NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.

"The Seahawks did not pass him on the physical,” Rapoport said. "Due to a degenerative foot issue that may never allow Joe Mixon to play again, the Seahawks elected not to sign him. This is not a surprise, this is something the Houston Texans have known.”

This lines up with reports from over the summer that said Mixon was done in the NFL due to the mystery foot

issue.

If NFL teams won’t pass a Mixon physical due to this issue, he’s effectively retired from the NFL at the age of 30 after spending 2017-2023 with the Bengals after arriving in Cincinnati via the second round.

This article originally appeared on Bengals Wire: What’s going on with former Bengals star Joe Mixon?