Next, Burrow was asked if he’s ever thought about the possibility of not being the quarterback in Cincinnati at some point down the road.
“You think about a lot of things,” Burrow said.
OK, so that could be a red flag, but is it?
Most NFL players probably would have given a stock answer here and said, “Yeah, I plan to be here forever,” but Burrow isn’t most NFL players. He says what’s on his mind.
In the very same press conference, he was asked if he had ever thought about not playing and maybe just retiring.
“I mean, you think about it, but you think about a lot of different things in your life just like everybody does,” Burrow said.