There’s nothing quite like having a clear consensus first-overall pick franchise quarterback…and then not being able to work with him all Spring to make sure he has a chance to be ready for the season. While all 32 teams face the same problems with the players that they just drafted—they can’t work with them in person for the indefinite future—it’s an even bigger obstacle when your most prominent player is within that group.
That is what the Cincinnati Bengals are facing this offseason amid the Covid-19 pandemic with first-overall pick Joe Burrow, who had been assumed to be the number-one pick since before LSU even won the college championship game.