NFL teams should expect 'Ricky Williams-type' price tag in potential Joe Burrow trade talks: report

For a 3rd consecutive season, the Cincinnati Bengals volition beryllium connected the extracurricular looking successful erstwhile the NFL playoffs footwear off.

Joe Burrow's aboriginal with the squad has been a taxable of speech arsenic the Bengals travel to presumption with the world of different play not going arsenic planned. 

The prima backmost precocious made comments that seemingly fueled speculation astir his presumption with the franchise that selected him archetypal wide six seasons ago. He hinted that enjoying the crippled was a priority, saying helium wanted to "go person amusive [and] play football."

Amid the speculation, NFL Insider Jonathan Jones reported that aggregate teams could prosecute Burrow this offseason. While it remains improbable that Cincinnati volition yet hold to a woody for the 29-year-old, immoderate squad that does inquire astir Burrow should beryllium prepared to conscionable a hefty asking price.

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Joe Burrow of the Cincinnati Bengals looks to walk during the crippled against the Jacksonville Jaguars astatine Paycor Stadium connected Sept. 14, 2025, successful Cincinnati, Ohio. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

An unnamed enforcement for an AFC squad told CBS Sports it would instrumentality a historical haul of draught picks, referencing a "Ricky Williams-type trade" compensation for the Bengals to see an contiguous aboriginal without Burrow. It took each pick, a full of six selections, for the New Orleans Saints to get into presumption to draught Williams successful 1999. New Orleans besides sent aboriginal first-round and a aboriginal third-rounder to Washington.

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Joe Burrow (9) of the Cincinnati Bengals plays against the Cleveland Browns astatine Huntington Bank Field connected Sept. 7, 2025 successful Cleveland, Ohio. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

Another enforcement suggested that a mates of first-round draught picks arsenic starting constituent successful negotiations.

"Probably depends connected if a squad has a young QB oregon players to connection but ideate they won’t adjacent reply the telephone if you don’t person astatine slightest 2 first-round picks positive more," an NFC beforehand bureau enforcement told the outlet. "Maybe adjacent 3 if you’re not doing it with immoderate players involved."

Last week, Burrow attempted to easiness concerns astir his aboriginal successful Cincinnati.

"I can’t spot that. No." helium responded erstwhile asked whether helium could representation himself successful different NFL team's azygous successful 2026. However, a follow-up question astir suiting up for different franchise astatine immoderate constituent aboriginal successful his vocation prompted a vague effect from the prima signal-caller, "You deliberation astir a batch of things."

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Burrow and the Bengals reached an statement connected a semipermanent declaration worthy a full worth of $275 cardinal successful 2023. The woody made him 1 of the highest-paid players successful NFL history. The declaration besides included a no-trade clause valid done 2029.

The Bengals big the Arizona Cardinals connected Sunday, earlier closing retired the play successful Cleveland against the Browns successful Week 18.

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