Jake Browning appreciation thread

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(12-18-2023, 10:43 AM)Bengalbug Wrote: If this season has taught you anything, it’s that you need to plan for some missed games by your qb.  Look around the league, over half of the teams have played multiple QBS this season.  12 backup QBs started games yesterday.  

If we can flip browning, in the offseason,for a 2nd or better, the risk/reward justifies moving him.  However, if it’s less than that, I’m holding on to browning.  Insurance policy for some missed games OR, wait until injuries happen in 24 and have a desperate team come calling.  With the contract he will be on, a team like the jets from this year surely would have paid a premium for him.

I think I would be willing if it was a 3rd so long as it's an early 3rd if only because I think Browning only has 1 year of control left after this year. Then he'd walk for a 2026 comp 6th or something as the Bengals have a $46.25m cap hit for Burrow in 2025, so I don't think you can afford $6-8m in cap space for a backup QB.

Gotta be in the offseason before the draft, though. I don't like the idea of trading guys away for next year picks if you are trying to be good that year. Get picks that can help you be better that year. Same reason I stopped being interested in trading Tee as soon as the draft happened despite supporting it before the draft.