Informative article on Burrow’s discontent with the Bengals org

[dave mcbride]

https://wapo.st/3VWoqxi (Gift article)

[Royale with Cheese]

Paywall…

[GoBills808]

cry me a river lol

 

He's been gifted the best WR room in the league for the past 3 years and played in a Super Bowl

oh and they paid him top rate too

 

 

[dave mcbride]

5 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

Paywall…

Really? I posted it as a gift article. Not sure why that isn’t working …

 

Anyway:

 

“If you think he’s pissed off now, wait until this summer,” said one longtime NFL executive, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss players under contract to other teams. “That kid is going to be pretty upset with what they do.”
 

No matter what Brown has in store, don’t expect Burrow to go quietly. When asked after Week 15 about the possibility of a future without Higgins (a foregone conclusion in NFL personnel circles), Burrow deadpanned: “I’d be very disappointed in that. … Tee is a need.” That rhetoric can easily escalate moving forward.
 

Surely, Burrow is aware that with each force-fed pass to Chase around the end zone, he is driving up the price for his owner, who allowed the superstar wide receiver to play for just $4.9 million this season. Chase playing next season on the fifth-year option seems incongruous — or at least begging for a significant holdout — and Hendrickson playing his final season at $16 million is probably a lark, and the reality is Burrow is covering up a roster in disrepair after suspect drafts and acquisitions.

 

“I don’t think Mike Brown is going to spend big enough to fix it,” said one general manager who spoke on the condition of anonymity because GMs are not permitted to speak about other teams’ transactions and personnel. “This guy is almost 90 years old. He’s not changing now. I’m telling you, Burrow is going to be disappointed.

 

“The offensive line is not any good. That’s almost like a total rebuild. Higgins is going to walk. I don’t think Hendrickson is going to be back. Their defensive backs are not good. They need an overhaul back there. They haven’t developed young pass rushers.

“Burrow is already getting fed up. You can see it. We could see it [when our team faced him]. … That’s a smart kid. He knows what it takes to win. He’s seen it himself. From the way he’s been talking, you can kind of tell that he wants to be consulted and have a voice in what they do, but that’s not how Mike Brown does things.”

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“I’m not saying this will be Carson Palmer all over again,” the longtime exec said. “But I’m not saying it can’t get there eventually, either. Some of us have been doing this long enough to remember how ugly that got.”

It took Palmer vowing never to play for the Bengals again to finally secure his departure. Of course, Brown, nobody’s fool, shipped the disgruntled passer to the Raiders, a franchise that was losing even more frequently than his own. Butting heads with Brown tends to come at a cost, and this quarterback is not one to back down.

 

Edited December 28, 2024 by dave mcbride

[BigDingus]

Here's the link without the login / paywall - https://archive.is/CYIQT

 

Edited December 28, 2024 by BigDingus

[Mr. WEO]

dang, that's a shame.

 

frosted tips are still a great look, though--especially when caught on camera crying/yelling at your HC on the sidelines after a 3 turnover performance vs the absolutely awful Titans D.

[H2o]

I respect Burrow as a QB, and his final season at LSU was the greatest I've ever seen, but I have never really liked the guy. He just comes off as an arrogant turd. Everyone knew who Mike Brown was, and they even talked about it when the team was set to draft Burrow. Burrow signed his contract. He didn't have to. Now he has to deal with the person we all knew Mike Brown was from the start. 

[BearNorth]

Reading this, why didn't Burrow pull a page out of Elway, Jimbo, or Eli's book.  He was the hottest QB coming out of college, he probably could have used that to go somewhere other than Cinci, with the worst financials in the league.

[Eastport bills]

6 minutes ago, GoBills808 said:

cry me a river lol

 

He's been gifted the best WR room in the league for the past 3 years and played in a Super Bowl

oh and they paid him top rate too

 

 

Great point, but these high level QBs have to point the finger at someone if they miss the playoffs. He had MVP #s in passing and TDs but Joe Cool doesn’t talk about his inexplicable September record the last 4 seasons which means he comes out of training camp unprepared and mentally soft. Take a look in the mirror Joe. You lost to NE opening day at home. Inexcusable 

[MikePJ76]

I know a place where Hendrickson would fit right in.

[BearNorth]

Just now, MikePJ76 said:

I know a place where Hendrickson would fit right in.

it would mean saying bye bye to Groot tho.

[MikePJ76]

Just now, BearNorth said:

it would mean saying bye bye to Groot tho.

Maybe but maybe not

[Albany,n.y.]

2 minutes ago, BearNorth said:

Reading this, why didn't Burrow pull a page out of Elway, Jimbo, or Eli's book.  He was the hottest QB coming out of college, he probably could have used that to go somewhere other than Cinci, with the worst financials in the league.

He had the option of not signing a 2nd contract with the Bengals & signed it.  So I doubt he had any interest of not signing with his home-state team out of college. 

If he gets really disgruntled & Mike Brown wants to punish him, he can trade him to the Browns, then Burrow will find out what real disfunction is.  

[dave mcbride]

3 minutes ago, BearNorth said:

it would mean saying bye bye to Groot tho.

Rousseau is actually probably better from the LDE spot.

[Nephilim17]

Send his disgruntled ass to the NFC.

So he's got the receivers but no O-line. Josh, it could be argued has the reverse (not "no" receivers but not the multiple elite guys)...

Glad we built up the o-line for Josh; it elevates everyone in both the pass and run game and is good insurance against injury.

[BearNorth]

5 minutes ago, Nephilim17 said:

Glad we built up the o-line for Josh; it elevates everyone in both the pass and run game and is good insurance against injury.

Hoping as we head into the playoffs and get any sort of lead, it allows us to pound the ball, avoid Josh having to play hero ball; burning clock and keeping our defense off the field.

 

Against KC we had the ball for 34 minutes, SF 33, Detroit 32, in our three losses, 21, 26, and 28 minutes.

 

 

[K-9]

13 minutes ago, BearNorth said:

Reading this, why didn't Burrow pull a page out of Elway, Jimbo, or Eli's book.  He was the hottest QB coming out of college, he probably could have used that to go somewhere other than Cinci, with the worst financials in the league.

He wanted to go to Cinci. The Bengals are his boyhood team.

[gonzo1105]

Yea someone else posted something idk kind of similar and I said this is the one team where the franchise QB wont win that battle when it comes to players and finances.

[BRH]

44 minutes ago, dave mcbride said:

Really? I posted it as a gift article. Not sure why that isn’t working …

 

 

Apparently you still have to have an account with WaPo in order to get the gift article, even if you don’t have an active subscription.  So they can track you.  It’s annoying.

 

Thanks for posting the article!

 

Edited December 28, 2024 by BRH

[GunnerBill]

This was entirely predictable. It is the result of having a cash poor owner by the standards of the modern NFL. 

 

It happened to Palmer, it happened to Dalton, no idea why people thought it wouldn't happen to Burrow just because he was the best of those three. They don't pay people to stay and they don't restructure contracts each year to create space to strengthen a roster in a window. 

 

It is who the Bengals are.