INDIANAPOLIS— Joe Burrow walked up to podium No. 3, and he pulled up a chair. A lot of questions were coming. Best to take a seat.
“Hello, hello,” Burrow said, leaning forward into the microphone.
The second question, asked by a Bengals beat reporter, was the one everyone in the NFL world was waiting to hear the former LSU quarterback, and prospective No. 1 pick, answer: If the Bengals draft you No. 1 overall, would you report to play for them?
“Yeah,” Burrow said. “I’m not going to not play. I’m a ballplayer; whoever picks me, I’m going to go show up.