Bengals cautioned against Joe Burrow, Matthew Stafford scenario

Key Highlights

• He advocated for new contracts for star teammates Ja’Marr Chase, Tee Higgins and Trey Hendrickson.
• His presence has pushed the organization to modernize and expand its scouting operation.”RELATED: Zac Taylor ducks questions about reported secret contract extensionGranted, like most write-ups from insiders on this topic, there’s also this: “But he won’t be patient forever.
• Eventually, this could become Matthew Stafford in Detroit.”AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementStafford spent more than a decade in Detroit.
• The Bengals can’t wait that long to get things right. But proof in Burrow’s desire to spur further organizational change is right there.
• While the world bemoaned some of his recent press conferences as him signaling he wants out, we wrote that he was sending some pretty clear messages to the front office. Burrow saying things like the Bengals need to “get creative about where we go from here” sure feels like a nod to getting outside voices in the organization.