Joe Burrow was once considered to be a late-round NFL Draft prospect entering the 2019 season at LSU, but after putting together one of the most impressive individual seasons in NCAA history, Burrow is seemingly a lock to be taken first overall this April in the 2020 NFL Draft.
After a 1-15 season, the Cincinnati Bengals locked up the No. 1 pick in the draft, and with quarterback turning 33 this fall and potentially on his way to another team, the Bengals are clearly in need of a new franchise quarterback.
The Bengals currently have the longest playoff win drought in the NFL at 29 seasons, having last won a game in the postseason in a 1990 Wild Card game against the Houston Oilers, nearly seven years before Joe Burrow was born in December of 1996.
Burrow believes he’s up to the challenge of turning around the franchise, according to his father Jimmy Burrow. The Heisman Trophy winner’s dad said in an interview on Canadian radio that he and his son have talked about potentially landing in Cincinnati, and revealed that Joe Burrow believes he can “win a lot of games” with the Bengals.
Via TSN Montreal 690:
“Yes, we’ve talked about it. I can be in my seat in 3.5 hours from Athens – you know, that’s certainly a positive. You’re always – if you’re the top pick or one of the top picks – that’s the way the NFL Draft is set up. You’re not gonna get picked by a team that has a great record. So, you know, he’s excited to even be in that conversation. If the Bengals do draft him, he’s gonna be happy. And, you know … you’ve probably seen some of his interviews. He’s very confident. And he’ll look at it as a challenge. But he’ll be confident that eventually they can win a lot of games there at Cincinnati. But, you know, the Ohio people are ecstatic about this opportunity, maybe, that that could happen. But there’s a long way between now and the draft. That’s for sure.”
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