Will you resent Burrow...?

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(02-01-2023, 07:25 PM)007BengalsFan Wrote: The problem is if Burrow demands too much money the team wont have enough to put in other areas like getting Burrow a nice O-line and he could have his knee shredded again.  I dont blame anyone for getting as much as they can but at some point it becomes detrimental to both the team and player. 

Look at Tom Brady, he never went after the max he could get and he was the best of them all.  He was still paid top tier but he also made sure the team had enough money they could get talent around him to succeed.  Its ultimately up to Burrow to determine how much he wants but I would hope he takes a cue from Brady.

Burrow can play for $15 an hour for what it's worth, but that's no guarantee he'll get a good o-line for his sacrifice.  When we extended Dalton he took an average of $16 million per year, so this franchise hasn't had a high priced QB eating up cap space since Palmer was here 12+ years ago.  I don't think Dalton's pay per year cracked the top 20 as far as QBs go, and Burrow is on his rookie deal...shouldn't our o-line be elite by now?

I get the idea that giving Burrow $60+ million per year will leave less money to go around, but expecting Burrow to believe a team-friendly contract will lead to a good o-line when Dalton took a team friendly deal and then spent years getting driven into the turf may be a tough sell.


tl;dr - we haven't paid a QB top-tier money in over a decade and our o-line is still a QB killing liability.