Cincinnati Bengals Under Fire After Latest Joe Burrow News

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The Cincinnati Bengals and Joe Burrow have begun the 2025 NFL season. While it’s just training camp with preseason to follow, fans could not be more excited to welcome football back.

For the Bengals, the 2025 season is a chance to get back on track. After missing the playoffs last season with a 9-8 record, the Bengals are hungry. They’re hungry to prove that they’re still capable of being a Super Bowl contender.

Burrow lead Cincinnati to the Super Bowl back in the 2021 season. Since then, the team has lost in the AFC Championship Game and missed the playoffs twice.

With that in mind, head coach Zac Taylor made a surprising revelation regarding Burrow heading into preseason action.

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As shared by Ari Meirov of The 33rd Team, Taylor has stated that Burrow will play more during the preseason than he has ever played before this year.

“Bengals HC Zac Taylor said QB Joe Burrow will play more this preseason than ever before, as the team looks to start the season faster than in years past,” Meirov wrote on X.

Following that news, NFL fans have lashed out at the team. They do not think risking a quarterback who has had some nagging injury issues in recent years is a smart decision from the Bengals.

“Yeah cause the offense was the big problem last year,” one fan wrote.

Another chimed in, “Cool but they have no D. So it don’t matter.”

“Keep that young man healthy,” a third comment said.

A fourth comment read, “Starting injury prone QB all preseason is a disaster waiting to happen.”

“Sure. Increased Burrow preseason reps will help the D not give up 40 per game,” a fifth comment said.

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Making an attempt and change to start faster makes sense. Throwing Burrow on the field during the preseason does not.

Burrow has been just fine during the regular season. Last year, he completed 70.6 percent of his pass attempts for 4,918 yards, 43 touchdowns, and just nine interceptions, while also running for 201 yards and two scores. He was able to play all 17 games.

Only time will tell what will come from this decision. It’s a definite risk, but Cincinnati is getting aggressive. Perhaps it will be the change that the Bengals need to start strong and get back to being a championship contender in the AFC.

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