Joe Burrow puts team on notice

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(12-02-2024, 04:51 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Influence may be a better word but I agree. I mean I don't think Joe is going to go into a Front Office post season meeting and pound on the table demanding a new whatever? I don't think the Brown family will just say "Joe, you're running the show, what do you want?"

But I do feel they will listen to what Joe has to say (he's that kinda guy) and probably will act on some of it. And I can see JB, behind closed doors, having a big influence. 

Joe's not gonna come out in public and say the interior Olinemen suck, the defense is putridly awful, Stone is a joke at S, we have no DT's, and on and on.

But I feel when he talks, people listen. 

Mike Brown knows he doesn't run this franchise like a normal NFL franchise is run, so I'm not sure Burrow telling him stuff is going to make a difference.  It isn't like Burrow is going to go in there and educate Mike Brown on how to run a team and he's going to say "Woah, I never thought of that...I'll do that right now!"

MB knows what he isn't doing, the only chip any player, Burrow or otherwise, has is to threaten him or give him an ultimatum and you can't do that if you are bluffing.  Unless Burrow is willing to pull a Palmer, I don't see how Burrow trying to strong arm the boss is going to be any different this time.

Or maybe it will be and Mike Brown will admit that Sam Wyche, Boomer Esiason, Corey Dillion, Carson Palmer and so on and so forth just weren't good enough at football to change his style for but Burrow is.