Are Joe Burrow and the Bengals here to stay as a contender? (1 Viewer)

[eighsse2]

Yeah, this is a realm he has not entered.

It will be fascinating to watch. Brown has already cost himself money by waiting.

I'm just working on the theory that the last QB to sign will have the larger contract since they keep getting bigger and bigger.

The reason that the last QB to sign will have the larger contract is because the best QB waits until last to sign.

I would wager that Brown had very little say in waiting, Burrow and his camp almost certainly wanted to see what the others got first.

Oh, of course. And Brown may have tried to get him signed earlier than we think.

I guess this will be the test of Burrow and how he wants to structure this deal to help the team keep the core. I'm guessing his representation is looking at Mahomes contract closely. But at some point that contract gets up into the percentage of the cap test that starts to restrict the entire roster.

Mahomes took up 17% of the cap last year, making it the largest percentage of a Super Bowl winning QB in history.

I hope the Bengals get it done with him. Love this rivalry and want to see it continue.

But then why has he "already cost himself money by waiting" if it wasn't really his choice? I guess I just don't get why he's getting any blame here (yet) considering nothing has occurred that's even remotely out of the ordinary. He seems like a clown and may end up screwing things up but he hasn't even had the opportunity to do so yet.

Agreed, it's a delicate balance between "getting yours" and leaving enough to put a good team around you. He has already said that he wants to keep his teammates who are close/due extensions a focal point, so it will be interesting to see the final outcome.

Yeah, that is is where I'm at. Nothing that has (or hasn't) happened yet tells me anything good or bad. A little trigger happy.

 

[QuizGuy66]

Thread lock is just around the corner. Hendrickson extended a year to finagle the cap a little.

Anyway cannot come soon enough.

-QG

 

[Ministry of Pain]

https://www.si.com/nfl/2023/07/28/bengals-should-pay-joe-burrow-now-injury

Nice of Sports Illustrated

 

[QuizGuy66]

-QG

 

[msudaisy26]

Whoops

 

[need2know]

Joe cool

 

[fatness]

Joe Burrow, the highest-paid player in NFL history​

 

[Ministry of Pain]

Rough season for poor Joe, waste of Year 4 on his Rookie deal after 2 deep Playoff runs including a SB appearance

 

[rockaction]

He was so bad with the Jets. Don't look at the numbers. He wasn't good.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

And we're back again

-I didn't know that the Bengals did not have an indoor practice facility and only at the insistence of Joe Burrow Year 2 did they finally put one in
They screwed around with Burrow all the way until almost the start of the season, he injured his calf in camp and then his season took an abrupt end
Chase has had very little work vs what a full training camp would be like for him

Do the Bengals not understand the going rate for Wide Receivers?

 

[wgoldsph]

And we're back again

-I didn't know that the Bengals did not have an indoor practice facility and only at the insistence of Joe Burrow Year 2 did they finally put one in
They screwed around with Burrow all the way until almost the start of the season, he injured his calf in camp and then his season took an abrupt end
Chase has had very little work vs what a full training camp would be like for him

Do the Bengals not understand the going rate for Wide Receivers?

The Bengals have been one of the worst run franchises in any sport ever. Not bottom of the barrel enough to force a change in ownership, just consistently awful.

 

[eighsse2]

And we're back again

-I didn't know that the Bengals did not have an indoor practice facility and only at the insistence of Joe Burrow Year 2 did they finally put one in
They screwed around with Burrow all the way until almost the start of the season, he injured his calf in camp and then his season took an abrupt end
Chase has had very little work vs what a full training camp would be like for him

Do the Bengals not understand the going rate for Wide Receivers?

The Bengals understand the going rate. Some players don't understand contracts.

 

[bcat01]

I think the window is closing fast after this year. Hendrickson and Hubbard are both getting older and they have no replacement. The offensive line is getting older and are not that great to begin with. They need to start drafting starters if they want to keep competing.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

How's the '24 season looking so far?

 

[eighsse2]

How's the '24 season looking so far?

0-1. Lost to the Patriots at home, believe it or not. Higgins was out though, and Chase was limited in usage, though he did great when he was targeted, which was a nice surprise. I thought he might be rusty. Only 5-point underdogs next week @KC. We'll see!

 

[Scoresman]

They always start slow under Zac Taylor. I can’t believe no one in the organization has noticed this pattern and done something about it.

 

[eighsse2]

They always start slow under Zac Taylor. I can’t believe no one in the organization has noticed this pattern and done something about it.

Preseason is just for fun, right?