Do you think its plausible that if the Bengals continue to struggle as a whole finishing with 7-10/8-9, or 9-8 records while Burrow puts up MVP-caliber statistical seasons over the next 2-3 seasons that maybe Joe Burrow does what Matthew Stafford did after the 2020 season and asks to be traded to a winning, competent organization and franchise after busting his arse in Detriot for over a decade and only 4 winning seasons to show for it. Matthew Stafford is still putting up great numbers and stats and is still winning at age 36 and maybe has 1-2 decent seasons left in him and he has a great chance to surpass 60,000 career passing yards before the end of this season.
If I'm Burrow, do I reach out to Stafford and ask him to keep continuing to "gut it out" and maintain faith in a cheap, frugal stubborn owner like Mike Brown and a HC in Zac Taylor, who's iffy at best in his capabilities to rebuild and re-stock this team until my early 30's or do I consider maybe asking for a trade like Carson Palmer did and eventually finding that consistent playoff success he's busting his arse to obtain right now.
Would it be smart if Burrow, at some point, if things in Cincy clearly aren't going to improve dramatically like in Detroit with Stafford, to ask for a trade?