Agent for 'Prominent Tight End' Wants Client to Sign With Bengals to Play With Joe Burrow

The Joe Burrow effect is real.

Author:
James Rapien
Publish date:
Mar 3, 2022 10:09 AM EST

CINCINNATI — Don't be shocked if the Bengals land a top tight end in free agency.

It may sound farfetched, especially because they want to retain C.J. Uzomah, but the Joe Burrow effect is real.

Pro Football Focus' Doug Kyed shined a spotlight on how NFL players want to play with Joe Burrow.

"Completely unprompted, an agent for a prominent free-agent tight end told PFF recently how badly he wanted his client to sign with the Bengals and play with quarterback Joe Burrow," Kyed wrote on Wednesday.

He didn't specify which tight end or what agent, but that part isn't as important. The bottom line is Burrow has helped turn the Bengals into a free agent destination.

"He’s the real deal. Our job, like I said when we drafted him, is to support him in the best way we can," Bengals Director of Player Personnel Duke Tobin said this week. "This league is about quarterbacks and when you have one, you’ve got to support him the best way you can. We think we’ve done a good job of putting pieces around him and we’re going to continue to try and do that."

First, Rob Gronkowski expressed interest in playing with Burrow. Now it's another "prominent tight end" that has interest in signing with Cincinnati.

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