Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow certainly isn’t a stranger to contract distractions involving the star players on his team.
Not all that long after the drama around Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, Burrow now has to deal with the major contract standoff between the Bengals and star pass-rusher Trey Hendrickson.
He’s not afraid to call it a distraction, either.
“Of course, Burrow said. “Last year we had two, this year we have one. Would love to have none, but that’s life in the NFL. We all support Trey.”
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Burrow’s quick comments came on the same day Hendrickson didn’t attend mandatory work, so he’s subjecting himself to fines ahead of training camp.
Interestingly, Burrow’s comments don’t cover the suddenly negative Shemar Stewart contract standoff. The first-round rookie got in front of a microphone Tuesday and escalated the standoff in a big way through the media.
If the Bengals are lucky, the one (two, really) big distractions are items they can wrap up before training camp even starts next month. If not, perhaps Burrow himself starts getting a little more aggressive in his messaging through the media like he did previously with the topics of Chase and Higgins.
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