Update On Burrow's Extension

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(04-17-2023, 05:02 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: It still is. The Hurts contract is $110m fully guaranteed at signing, less than half of Watson's $230m.


Exactly why the Bengals needed to get Burrow's deal done first. Numbers only going up. Does reinforce the belief that fully guaranteed at signing isn't happening, at least.

Burrow's deal can get done whenever.  He's either going to give the Bengals a deal or he isn't.  We're going into this year with a coin-toss expectation that he's going to be the league and SB MVP and have a lombardi 365 days from now.  This is apparently what happens when you have a QB that you expect to win it all.  You have to pay him like he's going to win it all, or you'll pay him after he's won it all.  He knows the Bengals won't play hardball with him or let him walk.  The only think stopping Burrow from getting a Watson-style deal is Burrow.

The guy is probably going to be our Michael Jordan, or Tom Brady...that is, the franchise wasn't championship caliber before he got here, and probably won't be after he leaves.  This is why we're just hoping he decides he's going to make his money after his career is over here.