re: Former #1 pick tells Joe Burrow to “pull an Eli”

I don’t think Burrow has the leverage he thinks he has...
He is a proven athlete and college QB.
He is not a proven NFL QB. He will go to the Bengals (if they want him) or he will go home.
I guess the TB Vipers would take him if he really didn’t want to play for the Bengals.

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You're probably right that he will suck it up and suit up for the Bengals, but no college athlete is a proven pro, so that argument doesn't hold water. There is a precedent.

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Elway could do that shite because he was also a baseball prospect.

Bo could do that shite because he was also a baseball prospect.

Eli could do that shite because his family was loaded.


While Burrow COULD do it, the risks are extremely high for him.

Also, the narrative on here that going to a bad team will ruin an otherwise good QB's career is just ludicrously dumb.

If Burrow is a bust it won't be because he went to the Bengals in the first round of the draft.

If he turns out to be good he will either A) get paid big bucks to lose games with the Bengals or B) get traded to a team that can better utilize him.

I like Burrow a lot, and I feel bad for him that the Bengals have the No. 1 pick. But I hope he doesn’t try to pull an Elway or Manning. I don’t care how bad the ownership is. Be a man and embrace the challenge. I always hated Elway for what he did to get to the Broncos and I lost all respect for Archie for dragging the Chargers to get Eli to New York.

He won't garner huge contracts if he goes to a team that doesn't actually need him and he never actually sees playing time.
Or if for whatever reason he ends up not being able to handle the NFL.
It'd be a waste for him to walk away because he thinks he's got some sort of non-existent leverage. If he does well at the next level, then he'll have all the leverage in the world. Even as good as a season as he had, he'll still be completely green in the NFL.

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He won't garner huge contracts if he goes to a team that doesn't actually need him and he never actually sees playing time.
Or if for whatever reason he ends up not being able to handle the NFL.

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Joe will do well in the NFL, IMO. He has to stay healthy though. The Bengals will not invest in the OL to keep a QB healthy. He is better signing a small rookie contract, proving himself, and signing a large second and third contract. There are a lot of teams who need a good QB right now. I hope he ends up in NE, SD, or NO.

I despise the Bengals organization so much, I think he may be better waiting a year, if drafted by them, and entering the draft again.

Yeah but AJ Smith and Dean Spanos let a lot of that talent walk too.

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The underlying problem with the concept is that Burrow isn't a pussy. Pulling an Eli wouldn't be in his DNA

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Running to LSU seems to contradict this point.

Which is really stupid to begin with

Don't do it well at the combine. Perform poorly in your interviews. Get caught on film partying hard or with a blunt. Lots of things he could do to push his draft stock down. He'd still go first round though, later in the first to a much better team.

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The underlying problem with the concept is that Burrow isn't a pussy. Pulling an Eli wouldn't be in his DNA. This post was edited on

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I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a more gutsy performance in modern pro football than when Eli got the ever living shite beat out of him in 2011/12 nfc title game and led the giants to the super bowl.