Todd McShay: "Joe Burrow Makes the Game Slow Down"

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(01-07-2020, 01:21 AM)TrenchWarfare Wrote: Not so delusional when you consider the context. The time before last the bengals had 1st overall pick and they didn’t trade back (for all of Saints picks) and that decision put the franchise back five years. Seems understandable that fans would be nervous about passing on similar offer to trade back.

Side note: it’s starting to be silly to read fans comp’ing him to Brady and Peyton. Slow down y’all. There is no doubt Burrow is the best QB in the draft. But possibly a tad premature to do these comps.

The Bengals picked 3rd in 1999, not 1st.

The 1999 draft was a bust because Akili Smith was a bust, not because they didn't take the Saints trade.  If the Browns or Eagles had taken Akili and we wound up with Donovan McNabb, nobody is complaining about passing up the Saints trade.  It's easy to say you should have taken the trade in hindsight when you pick one of the biggest busts in team history.

The Redskins took the deal that year, but didn't dramatically change their fortunes despite getting Champ Bailey and LaVarr Arrington.  The Browns have traded down for a boatload of picks multiple times and went nowhere.  That's because neither team had a QB.  You can win without stockpiling a bunch of picks in a mega trade.  You can't win without a QB.