The Cincinnati Bengals are 0-2, and quarterback Joe Burrow, the NFL’s untouched highest-paid participant nearest signing a five-year, $275 million promise extension on Sept. 9, is suffering to seem like his customary self nearest disturbing a preseason calf shock. As for if he’s going to swimsuit up in Presen 3 in opposition to the Los Angeles Rams on Monday evening, that left-overs to be detectable. 

“Feeling better. Not as sore. Time heals. So we’ll see,” Burrow instructed journalists about his calf shock on Thursday, per The Athletic. When requested if he may play games, he replied with, “We’ll see.”

Bengals head tutor Zac Taylor couldn’t serve a company replace on Burrow’s Presen 3 condition for the Tremendous Bowl rematch both.

“Yeah, it’s hard for me to say right now,” Taylor mentioned Monday. “He did it really one of the last three plays of the game, probably. So, just sore. We haven’t done anything on the field yet.”

Burrow, who’s nonetheless thought to be day by day, overlooked Thursday’s apply. Taylor mentioned it might be “ideal” if his quarterback were given in a convention prior to the Monday evening duel, per NFL Media.

Burrow used to be detectable limping past due in Cincy’s 27-24 defeat to the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday, however he didn’t pass over a snap. He used to be detectable limping one play games prior to throwing a four-yard landing move to receiver Tee Higgins with 3:28 left within the sport. The Bengals didn’t get the ball again the remainder of the sport. Taylor clarified that he would have despatched Burrow again out at the grassland had his offense been given one final force. 

Within the lead-up to the Presen 2 loss in opposition to the Ravens, Taylor mentioned he “felt really good” about Burrow’s fitness previous to his re-aggravation.

“I thought he had a great week of practice last week,” Taylor mentioned. “Only he’s the one that can answer on how he truly feels, but you’d gotten the sense that it was really good.”  

The 26-year-old quarterback first strained his calf in coaching camp on the finish of July and overlooked maximum of camp and all of the preseason. The shock obviously has obviously had an impact on Burrow’s play games to this point in 2023. With out the facility to place as a lot of his decrease frame into this throws, Burrow can’t tied on his patented deep ball. He’s 0 for 12 on throws of 15 or extra wind yards this season. He’s 0 for 8 to receiver Tee Higgins, 0 for three to Chase and zero for 1 to tight finish Irv Smith Jr. That is remarkable for Burrow, as he simplest had one sport with no of completion of 15 or extra wind yards in his first 42 occupation begins. Now, he has executed so in consecutive video games. Around the final two seasons, Burrow led the NFL with 27 passing touchdowns of 15 or extra wind yards.

Joe Burrow passing on throws of 15+ wind yards (final 3 seasons)

*Maximum passing touchdowns on throws of 15+ wind yards from 2021-22

As for if the Bengals may imagine resting Burrow in an aim to revive his fitness utterly, Taylor mentioned the group hasn’t slightly crossed that bridge simply but. 

“I think, first of all, we’ve have to hear what the doctors have to say before we start to assume anything,” Taylor mentioned. “So once we have that information, we’ll figure out what we have to do.”  

The upcoming two choices at the Bengals roster if Burrow does pass over date could be Jake Browning and Will Grier.