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Joe Mixon: Bengals Contract Restructure Was 'Sacrifice' to Help Super Bowl Pursuit

It's Super Bowl or bust for Joe Mixon.

The Cincinnati Bengals running back is hoping the franchise uses the money it freed up by getting him to take a pay cut last month to build a title contender this year.

Mixon told Geoff Hobson of the team's website:

"I see the bigger picture. I see the task at hand and what we're trying to build, and in order to keep other players here and pieces here, sometimes you have to sacrifice. I felt like this year was the year to sacrifice on the Super Bowl team we can potentially be.