re: I would advise Burrow to not take up all the Bengals’ cap space

He has 10-15 years to make as much money as possible.

It's hard to find an all-pro at every position unit. San Fran has done it and they've got shite to show for it. He isn't guaranteeing anything by taking less money. He needs to be paid what the market dictates and then decide in 10 years if he wants to take a paycut for a run at a super bowl if he doesn't have one yet.

Imagine your boss sending you an email and asking you to take a pay cut. He says a few of your subordinates have offers from another company to leave but your company doesn't want to lose them, but they can only pay them enough to keep them if you take a paycut. Sounds dumb as shite doesn't it. Well football is a job for these guys

The chiefs have won a super bowl with a mid defense and are playing for another one with a mid defense and a WR corps consisting of MVS and Kadarius Toney and a group of tier 3 running backs. The Bengals have a top 5 roster in the league and haven't won a super bowl with it. Same with the Bills. It's hard to do. If I'm Burrow i'm taking the money and trusting my ability to will them to a superbowl. Brady did it. Rodgers did it.