08-11-2023, 01:26 PM
(08-03-2023, 08:06 PM)007BengalsFan Wrote: If you listen to the comments from various people including the Bengals organization, Burrow is not taking a discount. He is going to go after everything he can get so expect 53 million +. Burrow saying he believes they can keep all three together is just talk. He isnt the one that has to manage all the contracts and salary cap. What would you expect Burrow to say? I want to be the highest paid player in the NFL so if the team cant extend other players, thats not my fault?
If Burrow goes after the max he can get, that will be a signal to everyone else on the team. Why would Tee or anybody else take less if Joe is taking everything he can get? Especially for these other guys not getting anywhere near the money Burrow will. You think Tee will say, I might be able to make 20 million but I will take 18 million so Burrow can have his 53 million contract? Not happening
Of course Burrow is going to be the highest paid player in the league very soon. That doesn't mean that those other guys can't be kept. It's all a matter of how the deal is structured. I don't think for one minute that Burrow isn't going to look at the overall structure of his deal and try to make it so he can keep as much of the team around him as he can.
The cap is going to go up roughly $20 million per year. There's plenty of room to keep everyone during this window. The team has been very smart about how they've done deals lately, if they continue to do that, there won't be any issues keeping the core of the team together. The numbers aren't that prohibitive.
