Others have suggested it hurts their championship chances and diminishes Joe Burrow. Former NFL head coach Eric Mangini fits into the latter group and suggested on FS1's "First Things First" that Burrow has put himself in a tough spot.

The Cincinnati Bengals are one of only two teams in the NFL that don't have a general manager, but it seems like they might have one now: Joe Burrow.  Sure, he's actually the quarterback, but he might as well be the Bengals' general manager because he was the catalyst for Cincinnati's two biggest moves of the 2025 offseason and those were the new deals for Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins that came on Sunday night.

Cincinnati Bengals QB Joe Burrow, who was credited with helping wideouts Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins getting their extensions, said that knowing the trio will be together for the next four seasons a