Joe Mixon mystery might have reached NFL end after Bengals, Texans career

What happened to Joe Mixon?No one knows, still, after an entire missed season with the Houston Texans and with training camps getting underway around the NFL.He was a star for Houston in 2024.He didn't play a single snap for the Texans in 2025.And now? His NFL career might be over.Aaron Wilson, who covers the Texans, said in a recent video stream that Mixon is telling his former Bengals teammates that his career is done.Joe Mixon told former teammates from the Bengals “his career is over”, per @AaronWilson_NFL pic.twitter.com/V7uPZiYcjI— SleeperNFL (@SleeperNFL) July 23, 2026MORE: Could Jake Paul really play in the NFL?If that's really true, it's going to be one of the most bizarre endings in NFL history.Mixon didn't pull an early retirement. He pretty much just vanished.The assumption is