Joe Burrow Extension In The Works But Not Imminent

Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor praised the consistency of quarterback Joe Burrow amid speculation around a contract extension.

Joe Burrow, along with fellow 2020 draftees Justin Herbert and Jalen Hurts, is in line to get paid this year.

Cincinnati has made more playoff and Super Bowl appearances with Joe Burrow than in the previous 30 years without him. Extending him is a no brainer, but Cincinnati must also consider the futures of WRs Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins.

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“Working on it, working on it,” Taylor said this week. 

“Fortunately, that’s not something I’ve got to deal with on a daily basis. But certainly, that’s in our plans.”

“He’s just so consistent,” Taylor said. “I think that’s the biggest thing. It’s a long season, he’s still a relatively young player, but his consistency from Day 1 through Year 3 has been really impressive.

“So many guys, it’s a long season, they can change over the course of the season. He’s not. He sticks to his plan, he sticks to his routine, and I think that’s why he’s been able to play so consistently over the three years he’s been here.”

New deals for Chase and Higgins could each be significant financial commitments. Keeping them both as well as Burrow may not even be possible. Executive vice president Katie Blackburn intimated the organization is waiting to see how things play out first.

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“We’ve been thinking about it,” Blackburn said, via The Athletic. “But there’s free agency and such. So we’ll see if we can get into it a little bit more maybe. It’s hard to say exactly the pace. But we hope that there’s something that can get done. We sort of said we won’t talk about it much until there’s something to talk about.”