Adam Schefter says Burrows contract will be way north of Herberts.

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(07-27-2023, 12:47 PM)Nepa Wrote: If a man can't take care of his family making tens of millions each year (40 million? 50 million? 60 million? per year!), and with the name recognition to get more in other ways, then something is wrong.

If he cares about his teammates, his team, and fans, then those should be part of the equation as well. And if he has a winning team, and sacrifices somewhat to have a winning team, then his name recognition and favorability rating will benefit as well. As will his enjoyment from coming to work every day.

In other words, it's not just money, money, money. That may be the agent's number one motivation. But a player has many factors to consider. I trust Joe will take in all these factors.

Here's the thing.

Mahomes only makes a "modest" $45 mill APY. But when he signed that deal in 2020, he became the highest-paid QB at that time.
Now, he's 7th in APY. Behind Herbert ($52.5 mill), Jackson ($52 mill), Hurts ($51 mill), Wilson ($48.5 mill), Murray ($46.1 mill), and Watson ($46 mill).

Bengals would be wise to make Burrow the highest-paid QB now, but do it for something like Mahomes did, which was 10 years.
After just the first 2-3 years of that new deal, it's going to seem like a bargain.

At the end of the day, it's not Burrow's responsibility to figure out how to put a team together with an expensive QB and the salary cap.
It's up to the Bengals FO to figure that out.

If letting another guy walk so the Bengals keep Burrow, I'm doing that all day every day.
A new WR, DB, heck even pass rusher is easier to find compared to a franchise QB.