BlackJesus

He can be the backup of all 5 positions ... Like an NBA 6th man ...

Bengals are just better at the salary cap then everyone else. Yeah I said it ...

How am I supposed to sleep with this boner !!!!

This is a free agency dream come true. Fuck Bates, Bell, Hurst, and Perine ... All bums compared to this We struck the fucking motherload and best free agent O lineman maybe in NFL history. What the amazeballs ... Speechless!

Holy shit. Holy shit. Holy shit. What the fuck. This is amazing !!!!!!

There was already a financial reason to cut ties ... But he seems determined to make the decision a very easy one.

A hot take that I think checks out ...

He will soon have 7

Of course he is ...

I don't care what number they pay him ... It will be a steal ... (He's priceless to this franchise)

If the Bengals want more years, which I think they will, then the average yearly total must be higher so it isn't too low later in the deal. That's why I think 55 per year is the starting number for Burrow and could be 60-65. But hopefully they get a 6 year or more deal. By the last year the top averages will be 80 and he will be underpaid.

Mike Brown has said he wants to keep the trio of Burrow, Chase, and Tee together. Everybody else is negotiable except those 3, which he will retain (as he ultimately decides).

I don't think there will be any animosity with his contact. The Bengals know this is a permanent marriage without the option of a divorce, so he has all the leverage. Whatever he wants he will get. Thankfully, I think he will not want to eat up the full cap, as he also wants to win championships. Something like 6 years, 330 million (55 per), with 165 million guaranteed (50%) I would predict. -- Which will be a bargain in a few years.

It will not even be a negotiation in the true sense. It will be more like: "tell us what number you want to never leave" ... and then they agree to whatever said.