LSU Football: Joe Burrow is already the leader of the Cincinnati Bengals

LSU football’s Joe Burrow has some lofty expectations on him already.

LSU football’s Joe Burrow will be a rookie in the NFL in 2020, but it doesn’t seem like any of his teammates will view him as a first year player.

Burrow hasn’t been named the Bengals’ official starting quarterback just yet, but after the release of Andy Dalton, it’s obvious the former Tigers standout is “the guy” for the Bengals.

And it appears that his teammates are already all-in on Burrow being the leader of the team.

Cincinnati wide receiver AJ Green, a seven time Pro-Bowler who has played for the Bengals since 2011, said this week that he’s looking forward to training with Burrow.

Green, in fact, will go wherever Burrow is (when that’s possible) to make the workouts happen.

“I told him wherever he is, we’ll come to him. I don’t know where, when, how. It’s all who can fly where and when. He’s the quarterback. He makes his location and we have to get there”, said Green this week to Bengals.com.

“It’s all about he’s going to be the leader of our team. I just want to put that in him already to where he feels comfortable leading”, added Green.

It’s not often that we hear a veteran with a resumé like Green’s talk that way about a rookie.

But that just shows the respect that Green and the rest of the Bengals have for Burrow.

They know the Heisman Trophy winner has the potential to turn the franchise around. They clearly aren’t skeptical of the hype surrounding Burrow.

There’s no doubt that Burrow, Green and the rest of the Bengals are eager to get to work. But with coronavirus related restrictions still in place, it’s unclear when they’ll be able to get together to start their offseason plans together.