Imagine Carson Palmer Calling Joe Burrow?

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(01-01-2020, 02:48 PM)Nately120 Wrote: There is a difference between a bad record and a dysfunctional franchise model.  Yes, I'd wager 1st overall QBs know they are going to a bad team, but when that bad team that year also happens to be a franchise that has shown long-term issues I would wager the fear grows just a bit.  Being a 1st overall pick prospect while a team like the Bengals, Lions, or Browns hold the top pick is a whole 'nother ball o' wax.

I don't think Burrow will freak out or hold out, but I can see how some organizations being last in the league looks worse than others if that makes sense.  Hell, look how much we didn't even care about the Browns having the 1st overall pick and how it didn't matter to us if they took Mayfield or Darnold or Allen or Saquon Barkley...we were sure the guy they picked was going to just flop because they're the Browns.

So bad team is one thing, but bad team of a bad franchise is a double whammy, to be sure.

Bingo. Great job of differentiating between bad team and bad franchise . The bengals are one of the few that happen to be both