02-18-2020, 07:00 PM
(02-18-2020, 06:12 PM)jj22 Wrote: Well Baker stated he wanted to help turn Cleveland around and Murray spoke highly of Kingsbury throughout his draft process so their is a precedent about saying something (anything) nice about the organization picking #1.
But Mayfield and Murray weren’t consensus #1 overall picks either. Mayfield wasn’t even considered the best QB in his draft, let alone the top pick. Saying he loved the idea of going to Cleveland mighty have earned him millions of dollars.
Arizona had taken Josh Rosen the year before. There was a really good argument that taking another 1st round QB, let alone at #1 overall, was a waste of a pick for the Cardinals. Him saying nice things about Kingsbury might have earned him millions of dollars.
Burrow is the consensus #1 overall pick. Whether it’s the Bengals who take him or a team that trades up for him is the only question. Burrow has nothing to gain from saying he wants to play for anyone and potentially millions of dollars to lose. In the incredibly slim chance the Bengals keep the #1 pick and pass on Burrow, and Burrow has said, “you bet your ass I want to play for the Bengals,” as Florio has suggested needs to happen to stop their narrative, how big of a moron does Joe Burrow look like? Why take that chance before you’ve even talked to a single team at the combine?
