"tHe BurrOw EffEcT"

[TecmoBengals]

Having Tom Brady, Joe Burrow, Aaron Rodgers, Russel Wilson or any elite QB on your roster does not mean the whole world wants to play football for your squad. If that's how people interpreted the "Burrow effect" then they need to rethink the framework. The Burrow effect means you get a guy to sign with you that maybe wouldn't have considered the team prior. Again, Cappa and Karras might not have signed without Burrow. Hill might not have resigned. We just don't know for certain.

Many players only get one chance at that second big contract. Players want to live somewhere geographically important to them. Players have families and friends influencing where they live. There are other factors that trump the "play with (insert elite QB name)..."

I've been that shameful fan calling this team the Bungles since I suffered through the '90s, but now isn't the moment to be doom & gloom as a Bengals fan. Let's at least let the off-season play out, trust Duke/Zac/etc since they just took us to the Super Bowl, and exercise patience for the next few days. Free agency isn't over and the draft is still ahead of us. This team can still improve.