When Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow sat down for a rather rare, extensive interview with NFL Media's Tom Pelissero, he put the rest of the football world on notice.
Not that cynicism is a prevalent paradigm across any of the NFL's 32 training camps, but the mere presence of a healthy Burrow is reason enough for Who Dey Nation to be more hopeful than most other teams who fell short of the playoffs last season.
Most NFL fans understand that talk tends to be cheap when it comes to any buzz-worthy preseason subplots. However, Joey Franchise isn't one to mince words, project false confidence, or make empty, sweeping statements about the state of the Bengals.