Surrounded by at least 200 reporters from around the country, Joe Burrow sat down at the podium and slammed the door shut on a manufactured national narrative.

“Yeah,” Burrow answered if he would happily play for the Cincinnati Bengals. “I’m not going to not play. I’m a ballplayer. Whoever takes me, I’m going to go show up.”

Source: NFL Combine: LSU QB Joe Burrow shoots down rumors about Bengals