70 million dollars wasted

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(09-19-2022, 01:54 AM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: Right, so Cousins and Brees. The latter being 16 years ago.

Like I said, it just doesn’t happen much. If you have a true franchise QB, you pay him. And considering what the Bengals paid Palmer, I just don’t see paying Burrow being an issue.

And we’ve already been through the “he doesn’t want to go there” crap once, which turned out to be nonsense. So I’m not going to worry about him leaving. It’s highly unlikely, imo.

True, I guess the real question is what Burrow will be able to do when he's getting nearly $60 million of the cap per year.  It's possible he wants to be here so badly that he gives MB a huge break, but since we're talking about what usually happens, it isn't a likely bet.

It seems like the norm that QBs get massive salaries, the "highest paid player ever" contracts, and obscene amounts of guaranteed money.  If Burrow is status quo to stay here long term, he's status quo to get a team-crippling contract.  We've got to get this team rolling ASAP.