Perspective: Joe Burrow's calf injury should serve as a call to action for the Cincinnati Bengals and their notoriously frugal owner
It took about 15 minutes before the Cincinnati Bengals revealed their Ohio-bred superstar hadn’t suffered a major injury. Amid the relief, Burrow should’ve come to a realization: The wise play is not to play until there is a binding agreement about the megamillions he is destined to receive. For his calf to heal fully, the ink needs to dry on his signature. His scare was a call to action.
Burrow, the No. 1 overall pick of a 2020 draft in which Herbert went sixth to the Los Angeles Chargers, could be patient with Cincinnati. He’s at the beginning of his fourth season. The Bengals have him under contract for this season, and they hold a fifth-year option and then the franchise tag if negotiations go off the railsPrudent investment never can be assumed when the frugal Bengals are involved, but this is their opening to consummate a fair deal.
It’s a given that Burrow will reset the quarterback market in some way. However, if he wants to complete a new deal before the regular season, he may not seek to be too great an outlier. If so, Cincinnati owner Mike Brown must treat it as a gift and open the vault immediately.10-year, $450 million pact
with the Kansas City Chiefs. He was coming off his first Super Bowl triumph, and since then, he has made two more appearances in the title game and added a second Lombardi Trophy. Burrow’s success hasn’t been as dramatic. But add the context of who he plays for, and you see a star who has lifted one of the worst franchises in professional sports to a level of sustainable excellence it has never experienced.This is Joey Franchise, the greatest of Mahomes’s challengers.
Neither Burrow nor the Bengals have negotiated in the media. Their talks have remained amicable and quiet. But now there’s a pressure point. It became clear after Burrow dropped back to pass in practice, climbed the pocket, made a routine escape of the pass rush — and then writhed in pain after a noncontact injury. Using his left leg, he hopped away from the action, threw the football to the turf, sat on the grass and reached for his right calf.
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