May 2020 - Cincinnati Bengals Wiretap
Joe Burrow met with members of the Cincinnati Bengals on Wednesday.
The group included team owner Mike Brown, head coach Zac Taylor, offensive coordinator Brian Callahan and others for an 18-minute interview at the Scouting Combine.
Burrow said earlier this week that he would gladly play for the Bengals if they used the No. 1 overall pick on him.
Joe Burrow confirmed he plans to play for the Cincinnati Bengals if they select him first overall in April's draft.
"I'm not going to not play," Burrow told a throng of reporters at the NFL combine on Tuesday morning inside the Indiana Convention Center. "I'm a ballplayer. Whoever takes me, I'm going to go show up."
Burrow's previous comments have been noncommittal. Burrow said the hesitancy was because he didn't want to be presumptuous about what the Bengals were doing with the top pick.
"That's why I've been noncommittal, because I don't know what's going to happen," Burrow said. "They might not pick me. They might fall in love with someone else.
"You guys kind of took that narrative and ran with it, but there's never been anything like that from my end."
Joe Burrow's hand size was measured at nine inches.
The hand size was tied for the smallest among first round quarterbacks measured at the combine since 2008. Ryan Tannehill and Jared Goff were the others with that hand size.
Of the 35 quarterbacks drafted in the first round since 2008, the average hand size has been 9 7/10 inches.
The Cincinnati Bengals have the first overall pick and are in need of a quarterback, but Joe Burrow says he has leverage entering the NFL Draft.
"I do have leverage," Burrow said. "[The Bengals] have their process and I have my process. We haven't even gotten to the [NFL] combine yet. There's a lot of things that happen leading up to the draft and a lot of information gathered."
With the scouting combine in Indianapolis next week, questions about Burrow's willingness to play for the Bengals has come into question.
The Cincinnati Bengals and Andy Dalton are willing to work with each other on a trade this offseason.
The Bengals own the first overall pick and are expected to select Joe Burrow.
Dalton is set to earn $17.5 million in 2020.
With the Kansas City Chiefs winning Super Bowl LIV, the final order for the 2020 NFL Draft has been set.
The draft will be held April 23 in Las Vegas.
1. Cincinnati Bengals
2. Washington Redskins
3. Detroit Lions
4. New York Giants
5. Miami Dolphins
6. Los Angeles Chargers
7. Carolina Panthers
8. Arizona Cardinals
9. Jacksonville Jaguars
10. Cleveland Browns
11. New York Jets
12. Las Vegas Raiders
13. Indianapolis Colts
14. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
15. Denver Broncos
16. Atlanta Falcons
17. Dallas Cowboys
18. Miami Dolphins (via Pittsburgh)
19. Las Vegas Raiders (via Chicago)
20. Jacksonville Jaguars (via L.A. Rams)
21. Philadelphia Eagles
22. Buffalo Bills
23. New England Patriots
24. New Orleans Saints
25. Minnesota Vikings
26. Miami Dolphins (via Houston)
27. Seattle Seahawks
28. Baltimore Ravens
29. Tennessee Titans
30. Green Bay Packers
31. San Francisco 49ers
32. Kansas City Chiefs
