In just his second season with the Bengals, Joe Burrow has taken Cincinnati to levels of succe s the franchise has rarely seen. He was an MVP candidate late in the year, won the AFC North and led the team to its third Super Bowl appearance in franchise history.As would be expected, ownership wants to see him in stripes for a long time. ESPN's Ben Baby reported on Monday that team president and owner Mike Brown said he knows a ma sive contract for Burrow is coming up. And while he isn't sure how negotiations will go, getting a deal done will be the team's top priority."I can tell you that we couldn't be happier with Joe Burrow," Brown said.He's everything you would wish for, especially for a quarterback in Terrance Mitchell Jersey Cincinnati. Our whole focus is going to be on keeping him here.This offseason, several prominent quarterbacks like , , , and have signed extensions, with a likely mega-deal for Lamar Jackson also coming up at some point in the future.MORE:When will Burrow be eligible for a new contract, and what could that look like? The Sporting News takes a look. Burrow, who was drafted first overall in 2020, will not be eligible for an extension untilafter the 2022 season.The team can also extend his contract by a year with the fifth-year option, which could keep him in Cincinnati at least through the 2024 campaign.The Bengals, who made the rapid change from worst in the AFC North in 2020 to the best in 2021, have a number of players that will be eligible for extensions that are likely to cost the team a lot in the coming years. Je sie Bates is currently holding out while refusing to sign the franchise tag after he and the team failed to come to terms on an extension Duke Johnson Jersey this offseason. Tee Higgins, who was taken in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft, is eligible for an extension when Burrow is, but he will now have the fifth-year option. Ja'Marr Chase will be extension eligible after the 2023 season.Running back Joe Mixon signed a four-year, $48 million extension before the start of the 2020 season that will keep him in Cincinnati through the 2024 season.MORE:Brown and the team have clearly begun laying the foundation for trying to keep Burrow and company in Cincinnati. The team was , the absence of which had long been considered an indictment on ownership in a city that has, at times, been home to .Brown has also begun exploring naming rights to Paul Brown Stadium, one of the last three NFL stadiums that does not have a sponsor tied to it.I think my father would have agreed with this move. Whatever helps the team and we need to build revenue streams to do things like building the indoor facility," Brown said, . The cost to keep a quarterback of Burrow's caliber has only sky-rocketed in recent months.There have been three quarterbacks since the start of the 2021 season that have signed for five- or six-year extensions worth at least $230 million, and six quarterbacks have signed deals that pay them an average more than $40 million per season.Here's a look at some of Joe Thomas Jersey largest contact extensions to quarterbacks in NFL history, sorted by total contract value.RankPlayerAge when signedYear signedYearsContract valueGuaranteed1.Patrick Mahomes24202010$450 million$141.5 million2.Josh Allen2520216$258 million$150 million3.Kyler Murray2420225$230.5 million$160 million4.Deshaun Watson2620225$230 million$230 million5.Dak Prescott2720214$160 million$126 million6.Matthew Stafford3420224$135 million$130 million7.Aaron Rodgers3820223$150.8 million$150.8 million8.Matt Ryan3320185$150 million$100 million9.Derek Carr3120223$141.3 million$65.3 million10.Ru sell Wilson3120194$140 million$107 millionBy far the Joe Schobert Jersey most lucrative contracts have been signed by quarterbacks in their mid-20s when they inked their deals. When Burrow is eligible for his extension, he will be 26.MORE:On top of that, most of the deals players signed guaranteed most of the salary. The only contracts where a majority of the money was not guaranteed were those to Mahomes and Carr."It's crazy the numbers that these guys are putting up, and I think it's well deserved," Burrow said in June of deals to Rodgers and Watson, per ESPN.All those guys are playing at the top of their game. They're being paid accordingly. But really, I haven't thought about it much right now.Needle s to say, expect Burrow to quickly join the ranks of the highest-paid quarterbacks in the NFL whenever he signs his deal. As quarterbacks have received major deals, there have been plenty speculating whether the Bengals would actually hand Burrow the type of deal it would cost to keep him in Cincinnati.But the Bengals haven't shied away from paying their QBs in the past. Back in 2014, the Bengals signed Andy Dalton to a six-year, $115 million extension. Before that, they had signed Carson Palmer to a six-year extension with the potential for $118.75 million over the course of the full Sheldon Richardson Jersey nine years.In 1990, the Bengals signed Boomer Esiason to a six-year, $16.75 million deal, while Brown was a sistant general manager. Esiason was among the highest-paid quarterbacks in the NFL while with the Bengals, with that Esiason was the second-highest paid player in the league.The Bengals have consistently shown the ability to retain starting quarterbacks for a long time. Since they were founded in 1969, the Bengals have had only 13 quarterbacks start 10 or more games during a season, which is tied for the 10th-fewest of any team and tied for sixth-fewest among teams that have existed at least since the 1980s.