Jermaine Burton not going to Pittsburgh

[CJD]

It's so disappointing.

The Bengals almost exclusively draft team captains in the Zac Taylor era, especially in the early rounds (Jonah Williams, Drew Sample, Germaine Pratt, Joe Burrow, Logan Wilson, Joseph Ossai, Cam Taylor Britt, Zach Carter), and if they weren't team captains, they were squeaky clean players like Dax Hill and Tee Higgins.

The two times they notably divert from that strategy, taking Jackson Carman despite knowing he had a potential rape case pending on him (as announced at his pro day, iirc), and Jermaine Burton's coachability concerns (and hotheadedness, exemplified by him pushing random fans after a loss), the picks have blown up in their faces.

I hope they don't make any more picks like this.

Maybe he can come back and have a good off season and be a contributor in 2025. But at this point, I would assume I'm getting nothing out of him, move forward with your off season strategy with that in mind (*cough* sign Higgins *cough*), and then if he provides value in 2025, it'll be like found money.