If Joe Burrow flops, the consequences could be epic, even by high standards of a top NFL draftee. The fallout would take the Bengals out of Cincinnati, posits a Cincinnati columnist who ties the franchise’s fate to the quarterback who went first in the draft.
“Burrow will get a mulligan his rookie year,” writes Paul Daugherty of the Cincinnati Enquirer. “After that, things need to change, radically and quickly. Or the moving vans will idle outside Paul Brown Stadium.”
No pressure, Joe. Rescue your childhood team or see it leave. (The Bengals’ stadium lease is up in 2026.