It would be shocking to see the Cincinnati Bengals move on from Joe Burrow, but nothing can be ruled out right now.

The Bengals haven’t played the type of football they’ve been looking for over the past few seasons, and a lot of that has come down to Burrow’s inability to stay healthy.

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On the flip side, for a team like the Philadelphia Eagles, they might be willing to take a chance on a player of Burrow’s status if they believe he can stay healthy and the trade package makes sense.

Some are starting to believe that Jalen Hurts isn’t the quarterback of the future for this organization, which has led to some intriguing trade proposals.

The latest came from Tony Adame of Heavy.com, who proposed moving on from Hurts and multiple first-round picks in a deal for Burrow.

“This week brought a stunning moment from one of the NFL’s elite players when Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow expressed what seemed like utter frustration with his situation in Cincinnati, where contracts for himself (5 years, $275 million) and star wide receivers Ja’Marr Chase (4 years, $161 million) and Tee Higgins (4 years, $115 million) have totally kneecapped a team loathe to spend money and on track to miss the playoffs for the third consecutive season…

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“It’s a pretty telling sign Burrow might want out of Cincinnati, and if so the Eagles could approach with a trade similar to the deal made in 2021 when the Los Angeles Rams sent quarterback Jared Goff plus 2 first round picks and a second round pick to the Detroit Lions in exchange for quarterback Matthew Stafford,” he wrote.

It’s tough to say the Eagles would be a much better team with Burrow under center. Not because he isn’t obviously better than Hurts, but because he simply hasn’t been healthy for large stretches of his career.

Outside of a few quarterbacks in the league, there’s a strong argument that Burrow has been one of the most injury-prone.

A lot of his injuries have been strange, and while I don’t necessarily love labeling players that way, it’s hard to ignore what we’ve seen recently.