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The Cincinnati Bengals will choose first and
are expected to nab Burrow, who led LSU to a national
championship and won the Heisman Trophy in 2019.
"What I told him, 'Look Joe, if you're the first pick in the NFL
draft you are going to a team that has earned the first pick in
the NFL draft. There are going to be some holes there," Manning
said on ESPN. "There's a reason the Colts were picking No. 1 (in
1998). There's a reason the Bengals are picking No. 1 this
year.'"
Manning told Burrow that while the ride might be rough, the
experience will be invaluable.
The Colts were 3-13 in Manning's rookie season. The next season,
they were 13-3 and made the first of 11 trips to the postseason
with Manning at quarterback.
"[Then-Colts coach] Jim Mora never took me out. I learned some
things in the fourth quarter of those blowouts about what it
took to be an NFL quarterback," Manning said. "That wouldn't
have happened if I hadn't have hung in there and learned the
ropes as a rookie, even though we took some bumps and bruises.
"So that's what I tried to encourage Joe and all the other
rookie quarterbacks, that your rookie year is not going to be
the same as your senior year in college. But if you learn how
fast the defensive backs are, how soon you have to get rid of
the ball, understand defenses, you can become a better player
and really get it going the year or two after that."
--Field Level Media
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