Joe Burrow may be a city boy, but for dad Jimmy Burrow it’s time to move.
The Ohio native signed a four-year, $ 36.1 million contract with the Cincinnati Bengals on Tuesday after a phenomenal year that saw him win a national championship with the LSU Tigers and become No. 1 overall in the Draft of the NFL 2020.
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“It was a process,” Jimmy Burrow told ESPN’s WNXX of the negotiations. “There was a language that needed to be resolved. As a parent, you get a little nervous when it’s not a done deal. “
The completion of the deal seemed to be a sigh of relief to the elderly Burrow, who joked, “We finally got him out of our basement.”
The Bengals will likely go with Burrow as their starting quarterback after the team released veteran Andy Dalton shortly after the draft. Head coach Zac Taylor has supported the rookie’s performance ability, saying this will be the last time the franchise gets the top pick.
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“We are seeing this as the only time you are ever going to get a player of this caliber and add him to the show.” That’s a big problem, “said Taylor at the time.
Burrow was named the Heisman Trophy winner and led the country with 5,671 passing yards and set an NCAA record with 60 touchdown passes in 15 starts last season and his father says he is ready to play football now that the logistics of his contract is terminated.
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“Robin and I are happy. Joe is happy. He is just happy to have that part behind him,” he said. “He got a big chunk of the playbook installed. He’s also been pitching with a couple of his high school friends at his old third and fourth grade practice field.”
