What if Burrow pulls an Eli on us?

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(01-14-2020, 03:24 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: You give two examples of QB’s that both singed extensions, but are worried the next guy won’t sign an extension...

Yes, that's a bit of a "fool me thrice" sort of situation.  What strikes me about this is the notion that we are supposed to believe that Burrow is going to want to be here because he is a competitor and he wants to win, but we also have to believe that he's going to accept a front office that isn't a competitor and doesn't seem to really try to win.

It's a bit of a false equivalence.  People who want to succeed and win and get stuff done aren't always going to accept the role of carrying other people.  We can spin in that Burrow playing for the Bengals (IF IF IF they Bengals FO stays as lazy as always) is him wanting to win, but we can also argue that people who are happy to play for the Bengals are punching a clock and collecting a paycheck.

If Burrow is such a fiery competitor that he wants more than anything to go to a franchise that isn't trying its best to compete, good for us.  It would be funny if he said that, too.  I'm such a competitor I want to go full "HARD MODE" on my career and drag Mike Brown's lazy ass to the promised land.  Call me the WheelBurrow, because I'm going to be hauling a load of manure!

(01-14-2020, 02:33 PM)Big Boss Wrote: Did Browns fandom have to deal with this question being asked every year they were picking #1 overall?

It's not going to happen.  Entertaining the thought is a pointless exercise.

If I recall correctly, prior to the 2018 draft Josh Rosen said he wouldn't want to be picked by the Browns and Sam Darnold said he'd welcome the challenge of being picked by the Browns and they went with Baker Mayfield.