re: How can an NFL rookie get out of their contract after year 1? Is it possible?

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Great 5 year sample there. Unfortunately it is an anomalous short period when look at their franchise history.

In the last 4 years prior to drafting Burrow they were 21-42 with no playoff appearances and the 20 years prior to that 5 year sample you gave they were 115-204 with 2 playoff appearances.

The ownership is terrible.

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The OP should just stop. He's embarrassing himself and LSU fans.

The Bengals have Burrow because they were the worst team in the NFL last season. Did you actually think they were going to COMPLETELY turn everything around in the span of TWO games?

It's not easy being a rookie starter on a BAD team. But that doesn't mean you "burn it all down" after two fricking games. In Peyton Manning's first season he led the league in INT's. They lost 7 of their first 8 games en route to a 3-13 record. The Colts franchise had been mostly mediocre to bad up to the 1998 season. In fact, they had only been to the playoffs THREE times in the entire time they had been in Indianapolis (since 1984). They were not a good franchise...at all...when Manning was drafted.

This may come as a bit of a shock, but Manning didn't just say "frick this" after TWO games.

Then something remarkable happened. The Colts went 13-3 in Manning's second year. That was the most wins they'd ever had in Indy...by FIVE games! They went to the playoffs, and then proceeded to make the playoffs 10 of the 11 years after that. That included two super bowl appearances and a title.

Once you find your QB, it's MUCH easier to put the pieces around him. But it doesn't happen overnight when the team was literally the worst team in football the year before.

If the Bengals losing and Burrow taking a pounding is going to upset you every week then you might want to stop watching now. It could be a rough ride for him the season.