The Bengals have been using every possible minute to talk with Joe Burrow, Ian Rapoport of NFL.com (on Twitter) hears. That’s just the latest indication that the Bengals will take the LSU quarterback with the No. 1 overall pick in next week’s draft. 
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The Bengals’ infatuation with Burrow has been the worst kept secret in the NFL for months. We’ve been surprised before in the NFL Draft, but it would be a genuine shock if the Bengals selected anyone else.
In the days before the draft, teams do their best to run misdirection plays, anonymously downplaying their targets and signaling interest the players they don’t want. Still, the Bengals haven’t been able to hide their crush, nor have they made a real effort to conceal it.
“It doesn’t look that way,” confessed head coach Zac Taylor when asked about the possibility of trading the pick. “If there is a guy there that you believe in that can really change the franchise over the next 10-15 years, then that’s a hard thing to pass up on.”
Even in January, the Bengals were up-front about their affinity for the LSU star.
“He’s got natural pocket feel. He feels it,” Bengals offensive coordinator Brian Callahan said. “It seems like he never takes his eyes off down the field. He extends the play really, really well. He’s a lot faster than you might assume when you see him running away from all those SEC guys. He’s got incredible up-field accuracy. The ball hardly ever hits the ground in a game, which is rare. He just naturally puts the ball in places where those guys can make plays.”
There will be lots of surprises in store throughout draft weekend, but the Bengals seem locked on Burrow with the top pick.
Keep talking to him so he doesn’t get his agent to pull an Eli
Wait till the 11th hour. I feel an Eli coming. Last minute like Tunsil.
I don’t see Burrow pulling an Eli. No matter who he plays for, he won’t win 2 Super Bowls. Just my opinion. That’s what you mean by “pulling an Eli”, right?
No, pulling an Eli means getting traded to a different team pretty much as soon as you get drafted. Because Eli Manning was drafted by the Chargers but then traded to the Giants for Philip Rivers.
Whoosh
Gee, thanks for clearing that up. Lol
There is a metric ton of rumors swirling around the internet that the Vikings might trade for Odell Beckham, but not a peep here at PFR. Seems odd, especially when obviously false rumors about Tom Brady (like him going to the 49ers) get reported on immediately and non-stories like Antonio Brown get articles whenever he so much as breathes.
The simple explanation for this is that PFR doesn’t use the metric system.
Or Instagram as a source
Prediction: Chris Simms will have had a better career than Joe Wheel Borrow
I think that is a great prediction if your referring to a broadcasting career.