You just won 275M and 3 days later you gotta go to your job

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(09-10-2023, 09:47 PM)Housh Wrote: I think we neglect the human aspect of football.


Burrow had his worst game as a Bengals and we talk about his throws and stuff but Joe had a crazy week once you think about it.

He’s a 26 year old who signed a 275M dollar contract, sat on that for 3 days before going to work. Those 3 days must’ve been filled with every emotion known to man.

I know Joe gives off that cool guy vibe but if i was 26, won 275M and had to sit on it for a weekend i would not know what to do. It’s possible Joe partied or even if he’s not the party guy, whatever he did in those 3 days could have affected this game. It’s also possible he had really high stress and anxiety this weekend and just wasn’t prepared for today.

Not sure how much of an effect it had but I would have to think there is something to it.  You hear players talk about it all the time, the contract hanging over their head.  It's such a distraction teams/players always want it done before the season starts, and in this case it got done late in the week.  Then the signing on Saturday, jump on a plane to Cleveland and try to act normal and play a game.

Definitely there is an effect to some degree.  No doubt about it.  JB is human.