Mike Brown wants to keep Burrow long term

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(01-17-2023, 06:57 PM)BengalBob Wrote: Sign him to  a 10 year contract at 15% of the cap annually and call it a day.

Holic posted in this thread that only 3 times since 2000 has a QB making 13% or more of the team's cap that year made it to the Super Bowl, and all 3 lost.

(01-17-2023, 07:02 PM)t3r3e3 Wrote: I wonder if Mike and Katie would consider making Burrow a minority owner (a la the Chiefs and Mahomes) as an enticement to take a team friendly contract?  Cutting him in for 5 percent or so would probably help sway negotiations.

Pretty positive that giving a player a part of the team is still considered player compensation and that falls under the salary cap limits. Otherwise there'd be owners everywhere giving small pieces of businesses to players to avoid paying them under the salary cap. 5% of the Bengals would be worth ~$150m.

Also, Mahomes doesn't own any part of the Chiefs. He bought part of KC's baseball, soccer, and women's soccer teams. Brady was the one rumored to be getting some stake in the Dolphins in that whole tampering investigation. That's why it was extra noteworthy.