02-14-2025, 12:04 PM
(02-14-2025, 11:35 AM)WeezyBengal Wrote: Ever since Joe Burrow was drafted, I considered him a life long Bengals player. He didn't seem to care about which team he got drafted to or where he played. He even said so himself when the media and others continued to pressure him about refusing to play for the Bengals (remember that?).He is seeing that Jalen Hurts just got a ring with a team that actually does what it takes to win....and was drafted in 2nd round after him
Fast forward about 5 years later, and this is the first time I'm starting to feel a bit uneasy about Joe finishing his career in Cincinnati. It's very, very clear this off-season that Joe is pushing what he wants the front office to do through the media. He clearly wants them to keep Higgins, Chase, Hendrickson, etc.
I've never, ever seen an athelete go about things the way Joe currently is. Sure, other athletes have demanded things (behind the scenes), but never through the media in such a passive (yet demanding) way that Burrow has done it.
There's been a CLEAR shift in the way that Joe views things. He's gone from "I don't care, I'll play anywhere...I am the franchise, the window is my entire career" to some frustration/concern setting in to "OK, now I kind of see what everyone was talking about...maybe I need to speak up to get some shit done here in order to help us build a winning team".
This is truly the first time that I really feel like if the front office doesn't do what Joe wants, he will leave. Does the front office really want to test this?
