04-26-2023, 12:25 AM
(04-25-2023, 08:53 PM)Nately120 Wrote: This is expected. Other than the hope that Burrow was going to get a super team friendly deal done ASAP, there is no reason to think he's going to negotiate now when the market seems to just keep going up and he may damn well be the SB MVP and the only QB to win a SB for the Bengals a year from now.
Even if Burrow was going to sign a 'super team friendly deal' they still would do this. Burrow and his agent knew this all along, so no drama. The whole point of drafting players, especially QBs, in the first round is to get this 5th year option. You control good players at below market for one extra year. The extension was always going to be for years 6, 7, etc.
The statement the Bengals put out pretty much guarantees they've already agreed on the broad parameters of his extension. As they said, this is literally a mechanical step. Lock in year 5 and then finish the deal for years 6 though ??. Burrow will want to do that sooner rather than later because he will get the huge signing bonus when he signs the extension.
