Smoking Joe is already igniting the Queen City.

Today, since he's shirts printing out T's, faster than Joe Burrow can throw touchdowns,

and they say business is booming for the Bayou Bengal.

You know, with the Bengals having the 2 and 14 record this past year, this is something we can all get behind.

The Cincinnati Bengals had the NFL's worst record last season, and in turn, looked to be the

winners of the Joe Burrow sweepstakes, as they're poised to take the LSU quarterback with the first

overall pick in tomorrow night's draft. The local kid coming home to save the downtrodden franchise would seem to be

the stuff that sports movies are made of. But does Burrow have what it takes to turn things

around in Cincinnati? And does he want to play there? I'm any kind times. It's April 22nd. This is ESPN Daily.

Ben, the draft is almost here. It is. The draft is definitely almost here. And I think if you've been in Cincinnati,

you've been kind of thinking about the draft for like six, seven months. And so it's kind of weird

to think about the fact that the draft is upon us. Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN.

What percent of Cincinnati was watching the national championship with an eye on Joe Burrow?

A very large amount.

These fans, you know, whenever the Bengals season started to go south very quickly,

you know, they started to look towards, okay, we might be having the number one overall

pick.

And at the same time, Joe Burrow had an incredible year and his stock really started to go up.

So let's start there with the obvious question.

This is Sandy Bengals, for those who don't know, have that first overall pick.

Is there any chance, Ben Baby, that they do not take Joe Burrow?

I highly, highly, highly doubted.

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