{"id":3955,"date":"2017-01-03T23:12:14","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T05:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=3955"},"modified":"2017-01-11T22:30:51","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T04:30:51","slug":"joe-mixon-will-get-drafted-and-it-will-be-a-high-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=3955","title":{"rendered":"Joe Mixon will get drafted, and it will be a high pick….."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Oklahoma’s Joe Mixon (25) runs the ball as OU offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley reacts during the Allstate Sugar Bowl between the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) and the Auburn University Tigers at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Monday, Jan. 2, 2017. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Folks, let us get real.\u00a0 Anyone that follows the National Football League and think that Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon will not get drafted into the league might reconsider. Unless the NFL, through the\u00a0 Commissioner Roger Goodell, bans the talented Sooner from playing,\u00a0Mixon will be drafted\u00a0into the league.\u00a0 Sure, many sports fans have heard that some general managers have quietly let out the word that they would pass on drafting Mixon in the upcoming draft.\u00a0 But when push comes to shove, remember that the NFL and professional sports is all about winning.\u00a0 Joe Mixon would be a significant player in any franchise in the league and whether he comes out for this draft or waits until he plays another season in Norman. Joe Mixon will play in the NFL.<\/p>\n

General Managers will do their due diligence on Mixon, and nothing is left to chance.\u00a0 I am sure that when the time comes, those general managers that will be very serious in drafting Mixon will have a sit down with Sooner coaches to get the real information on\u00a0 the stud. Sure, the incident in 2014 was bad and will impact Mixon in various ways, but I will put my money down that he will be drafted in the first round in the draft year he comes out, and he will have a great professional career. Why do I think the way I do?\u00a0 One name, Bob Stoops.\u00a0 Bob Stoops is a straight shooter.<\/p>\n

Yes, one team in the NFL will take a media hit for drafting Joe Mixon.\u00a0 But one team will think it will be worth it.\u00a0\u00a0 And that team will not want another team to\u00a0get him.<\/p>\n

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Feature photo: Oklahoma’s Joe Mixon celebrates after a touchdown against Auburn Tigers during the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 2. (Jonathan Bachman)<\/p>\n

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