The Cincinnati Bengals haven’t worked too hard to mask what they want to do at the top of the 2020 NFL draft — it’s all about Joe Burrow.
The latest confirmation of this comes from a new report stating the Cincinnati front office has used up all of its allotted time in meets with Burrow.
Per Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer:
“I’m told the Bengals have maxed out their time with Burrow over the last few weeks, as they work to build a relationship with him. What does that mean? Well, each team is allowed to do three one-hour calls with each prospect per week. So every week, Cincinnati has done, yes, three one-hour calls with Burrow.”
These trying times globally have shifted the nature of the pre-draft process but the Bengals haven’t let it stop them from getting as much time with Burrow as possible.
Cincinnati has only met Burrow in person once at the combine and won’t get an in-person meet with him before the draft itself.
But Burrow himself has remained adamant he’s been focused this whole time on getting ready to be the best possible rookie he can be, not proving himself in the draft process to earn draft positioning.
Getting on the phone with Zac Taylor and Co. and talking shop about the offense and more is one way to get ahead of the curve.
