{"id":1056847,"date":"2020-02-18T13:54:44","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T18:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=1056847"},"modified":"2020-02-18T23:52:08","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T04:52:08","slug":"former-no-1-draft-pick-advises-joe-burrow-to-pull-an-eli-avoid-bengals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/former-no-1-draft-pick-advises-joe-burrow-to-pull-an-eli-avoid-bengals\/","title":{"rendered":"Former No. 1 draft pick advises Joe Burrow to ‘pull an Eli,’ avoid Bengals"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Bengals currently hold the No. 1 draft pick, and it appears that they’re leaning toward taking their quarterback of the future, with LSU product Joe Burrow seen by many as the best signal-caller on the board.<\/p>\n
But hold on a second.<\/p>\n
Cincinnati is apparently keeping its options open by taking calls about possibly trading away the pick, so nothing is set in stone. Not only that, Burrow has been getting advice from others about why he shouldn’t play for the Bengals organization, given their lack of success, and how they’ve treated players in the past.<\/p>\n
Former No. 1 overall draft pick Steve Bartkowski, a quarterback who was taken first in 1975, is advising Burrow to “pull an Eli.”<\/p>\n