Is Cincinnati Bengals Star QB Joe Burrow Injury Prone?

Joe Burrow is one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL, but is he injury prone? The guys answer that question about the Cincinnati’s Bengals star, plus thoughts on upcoming OTA’s, Ja’Marr Chase, the new locker rooms and more!
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[@natej84]

I will say Burrow has been sacked almost 200 times in 4 years. Idk many people that wouldn't be hurt being sacked that many times

[@apolace7242]

If I was sacked 50x a year for 4 years I think my brain would stop working

[@briannorman952]

Exactly right Hopefully we have the right players this year to keep these guys off him and he can have more than 3 seconds to make a choice to pass

[@paul_sam84]

Exactly right.

[@AirtimeAerial]

@@apolace7242 ...or at least my ability to walk without a cane would stop 😆😳

[@charlesh1735]

I can tell you this,the Bengals are doing everything they can to protect the franchise QB. They know as long as Joe Burrow is their quarterback they have a legitimate shot at making several Super Bowls during his career.

[@davidsv6220]

Let’s pray that his wrist heals back stronger and doesn’t get re-injured. This is Joes throwing hand and we know what that means.🙏🏻

[@BadattitudeB]

He's a football player... It's the NFL. Injuries happen.

[@Montrovantis]

That's your argument? That is the dumbest thing I've ever read.

[@Truthwins1107]

I think the term injury prone has a stigma behind it. Injury prone means “frequently injured or often sustaining injuries” . It has nothing to do with why, it simply means are you injured a frequently. We can name a handful of issues dating back to college with Joe Burrow. Regardless of the circumstances, i think Joe Burrow by definition is injury prone. That doesn’t make him weaker or unreliable, but he has had an injury prone start to his career. To be fair, it’s an injury prone sport.

[@jbattle34]

He's a QB , if we're talking DB or something else drafted 1st round and injured this much we'd all label him injury prone.

[@matthewjordan8996]

The problem with the calf strain was he knew that it was a problem ahead of time. He even said he is learning to take time to heal.

[@WhoTFisChedda]

That was Zacs fault 🤡 who's team is it ? Exactly Zacs. So why risk Burrow getting more fkd up because he listened to Burrow and let him play.

[@WhoTFisChedda]

If Zac put his god damn foot down and let Burrow rest up until week 4 or 5. Last season could've been alot different knowing Jake Browning can win ball games.

[@markmoses7300]

I love his play I'll take the injuries when he is right no one can stop him

[@b_yo7463]

If your scrapping for content let’s talk about the more glaring obscenities from last year which is not putting in Jake Browning earlier in the season and in the same EXACT boat tackling. Would love to hear how u guys think they fix the tackling issue on the defensive side of the ball

[@kane6529]

Just a coping mechanism for being looking to critique Burriw and can’t poke holes in his on the field game unless he’s hobbled up because healthy he’s elite!

[@dwayneneal3342]

Hes not necessarily injury prone,hes just injured when they tell him hes injured and he has to sit out.

[@travismccoy8316]

Broken hand (college) Broke rib (college) ACL (freak accident) Appendectomy (freak medical incident) Thumb injury Throat injury (?) Mcl sprain in Super Bowl Calf Wrist Love Joe but he is injury prone, and that’s okay because it doesn’t make him any less of a player and he does everything he can to play through it. He’s not an Ironman thus far in his career but everyone has limitations. I’ll take him on the coin flip he goes the full season because he’s better than everyone else not named Mahomes and can give him a run for his money year in and year out

[@Montrovantis]

He's incredibly injury prone. Rapien is wearing rose colored glasses as always. But, he's paid to be senselessly positive towards the Bengals. His logic is freak injuries = not injury prone. Like, wtf?

[@jp27whodey31]

Ya the knee wasn't injury prone. But the calf strain was. The wrist was a freak thing. The appendix was medical. The dislocated pinky....ya the dude is injury prone but on the bright side he's due for a good long healthy stretch

[@AtzcapotxalcoR]

Interesting premise and can't be dismissed outright (as much as I'd like to!).... what was his college career like at OSU and then LSU? Highschool? Sincerely hope the OL wall we're trying to build this season works out and does its job of keeping JB upright! WHO DEY! 🐅

[@WhoTFisChedda]

Pollack and Taylor need to be shit canned if this bs trend of allowing players playing hurt. Shitty play calling, letting good players walk etc. It's do or die for Zac and Frank

[@denvertierney]

I’m so excited to see the Bengals go 17-0 in the regular season and win the Super Bowl this season! Joe Burrow is shutting the doubters mouths this year.

[@AirtimeAerial]

..yeahhh and he doesn't like turning his back to the D for PA from under center 🫤

[@desmonddaly484]

Well, having a reliable run game and play action game, and some under center would likely make life a lot easier on Joe Burrow. If they could find that balance, I think it would serve the offense well, and make injuries less likely. If his knee (already treated) and wrist injury recover (as hypothesized) there’s no reason why Joe Burrow can’t play great at 100%. If they can acknowledge the risk that comes with taking so many QB hits in empty, again, probably a good idea to have a solid run game, which helps play action (in terms of keeping the QB clean)… so… I’d say Joe Burrows health, is fine, but worth considering adaptability by Dan and Zack and for a healthy, efficient, offense.

[@TaylorPort]

Wonder how Boyd handled the times he dropped td passes and sit next to joe locker

[@AirtimeAerial]

So are we conflating 'bad luck' or 'crappy line play' with.....'injury prone' then?? 🤔

[@charleswise4831]

Great point! So many lazy commentators and Bengal-haters!

[@WhoTFisChedda]

Frank and Zac need to get fired if this year is like the last few seasons. Bad line and bad play calling etc

[@WhoTFisChedda]

They need to be held accountable

[@tannermikal2]

Jake please don’t ever say they’ll be able to wear the elbow pads & knee pads again 🤣

[@ronaldschilling4753]

He is taking way to many sacks and his offensive line has to do better... but he hasn't started a season healthy since he was at LSU probaby

[@scifirod5914]

C,mon if you were a quarterback on a team with no offensive line to protect you, do you think you could make it through a season without getting hurt, no way....thats burrows story, now he has protection, he will probably lead the league in passing...and sacks will be way down...

[@douglashastings1275]

To a degree yes. When he’s healthy no one is better imo. Hope for good luck this year.

[@Montrovantis]

There are plenty of people better. Burrow's accuracy is phenomenal. Outside of that, there are several other QBs who show up for 4 quarters. Burrow disappears for 2-3 quarters just about every single game he plays.

[@charleswise4831]

Ravens or Chiefs troll!

[@plagueofjoe]

@@Montrovantis "several other" Dude is 3-1 vs. Mahomes with a worse supporting cast. Blew out the Bills in their home in the playoffs. When he's healthy he's the best in the league.

[@Montrovantis]

@@plagueofjoe Who cares what he is with mahomes? Mahomes has more super bowl wins than Burrow has against him, fool.

[@charlesh1735]

I’d love to have a Cam Taylor Britt jersey, but can’t afford it.

[@BMuri937]

Wow @JamesRapien don't you know the locker room is top secret?..... The players don't even know about it. 😉 At least that's what they want us to believe while working there. Even though players definitely have walked through there. Including Hendrickson. Literally kicking guys off the job for taking pictures 😂😂

[@TedWesterfield]

No, he’s not. Appendicitis and ACL injury were not his fault. At most I’d say his calf might lead one in that direction. The wrist-no way. The play before the ligament snapped when he hit his hand on another helmet set the stage. Stuff happens. IMO the wrist injury was worse than the ACL. It’s a really bad injury and I’m surprised he’s as far along in his recovery as he is.

[@benniebeckman5302]

Mahomes has one three super bowls.This is why they don’t call Mahomes injury prone. When is the last time Mahomes missed a game? Bengals fan here.

[@Dkapparel23]

Lamar Jackson gets hurt more than he does, he missed some games his first year and last year but the back to back years in the AFC Championship and 1 Superbowl he played every game. Let’s not forget our line hasn’t been spectacular even the two years we went to the championship.

[@charleswise4831]

Jackson has missed more games in last 3 years than JB!

[@Yos_888]

Joe Burrow only had those season ending injuries because he wasn't going to win the Super Bowl until his 5th year, the 2024 season Look at it like this. Joe was always going to win his first Super Bowl in his 5th year because the Bowl is in New Orleans and he went to LSU. So he gets drafted in 2020 and he's not gon win his first Bowl til his 5th year which means no matter what for his first 4 years he's not winning. So what is the best outcome for Joe's overall perception so he's not perceived as a player that just can't get it done? Injuries. Because if Joe never got injured then people would view him differently than how they view him now. They would view him as a player that can't get it done because he would have lost 4 years in a row. But since Joe was injured in 2020 Super Bowl appearance in 2021 AFC Championship Game in 2022 Another injury in 2023 This doesn't make Joe look like a player that just couldn't get it done. So since he wasnt going to win til his 5th year the best outcome for his overall perception was for him to have 2 years injured and 2 years close to winning it all So Joe is not injury prone. Joe was given those injuries to protect him from looking like a bust or a player that cant get it done

[@AtzcapotxalcoR]

O.... K. 🤔 WHO DEY! 🐯

[@no2_j]

Was this written by AI or predictive text?

[@Yos_888]

@@no2_j No

[@dwayneneal3342]

Lol someone who knows its all scripted. Good for you man. And that would make a lot of sense. First superbowl win in his 5th year. 5/1 illuminati founding date. And they love that 15. If any year hes going to win its this year or no year.

[@dwayneneal3342]

I would think they would get Jefferson here some way some how.

[@JoeyPownall-sk3hx]

im not sure injury prone is a real thing. it might just be the luck-of-the-draw. Was Andrew Luck injury prone? we see him as such but he just got injured enough times he had to hang it up. Tyler Eifert had a promising career go off the rails because of injury, about the same time , Gronk had a bunch of injuries but was still able to have a great career. The NFL is a very physical game with super human athletes who do things the body isnt able to handle. Burrow could go the rest of his career without a serious injury. He could also go down at any time. So could anyone else in the NFL

[@Montrovantis]

You'd think this would be obvious, but people don't call Mahomes "injury prone" because the Chiefs are ALWAYS in contention and keep winning Super Bowls. Burrow hasn't done that.

[@charleswise4831]

Chiefs troll!

[@barmogan]

My appendix grew back and spontaneously combusted a month later

[@TedWesterfield]

Funny

[@KimberleyGartrell]

The moves JR the moves you killing em the JR shimmy is real 💯

[@300grand8]

Y u hate Jackson Carmen so much you seemed obsessed with that man

[@econ0003]

50% of his seasons have ended in injury. If that trend continues I don't know how you couldn't label him injury prone.

[@jeffreyjernigan7125]

I think its mostly bad luck. His only serious injury due to a sack was the knee his rookie season. Yes, the offensive line stinks but it seems to me that hes just had alot of weird non contact injuries.

[@kennymoore1698]

We all love Burrow but he is injury prone until he proves he isnt.

[@Joe-zk7ps]

Depends on what your definition of "is" is. Or how bored or click hungry you are in the offseason.

[@jerry42023]

let's sign Harrison Butker. U know why

[@AtzcapotxalcoR]

Lol! Ahhhh....yeah.... No. 🤭🐯

[@Jram55]

The player that hit him in the championship game is a dirty player. He had a bad hit against Justin fields also. He was kicked out of the game for a bad hit against Justin Jefferson also in the same game

[@JamesWhite-cr5ys]

They should have did more to get him protection. He takes too many dangerous chances!!!

[@bryantjohnson5139]

Probably, but the play calling on the field didn’t help his rookie season 💯😑

[@Yos_888]

James and Jake were right. Joe Burrow is not injury prone and this is another reason why ⤴️

[@JamesSmith-jv4go]

Yes he is stop capping for him

[@JamesJones-th3ml]

Its official!!! "Dog On The Bengals" is y'alls new name!!! Change it now!!! you earned it!!!!

[@no2_j]

Be gone, troll. Or grow up. One or the other applies here. What these adults are doing, is having a fair and educated discussion. They want Joe and the Bengals to succeed. Their first job though, isn’t to be fanboys, like yourself. Their first job is to report on and discuss the news and narratives surrounding the Bengals. If you don’t like that, there are plenty of places you can get your news as well as listen to people that tell you what you want to hear, for clicks and views. Also, were you just outraged by the title? If you watched, you would’ve gotten about 1/3 of the way in before they came to the conclusion that no, he’s not injury prone.

[@JamesJones-th3ml]

@@no2_j They will go all summer long until it is drilled into his head .... trust me football players are in fact human HAHAH TROLL!!!!

[@kurtaugustus1767]

Jim Turner the guy who hurt Joe Burrow, Frank Pollack the guy who destroyed Joe Burrow!!!

[@jibernish]

I'm worried about him getting hurt again. Same with Higgins and even Chase.

[@mikewagers8610]

Again, why ain't these episodes on iheart radio anymore.. watching it on KZbin is inconvenient at work..

[@ajm82]

He is injury prone and also unlucky at times

[@eddiemurphy15]

The Bengals don't have an offensive line and a running game. I can't tell you how many times free untouched rushers beat Burrow to his setup spot! So yeah Joe Burrow is gonna get hurt a lot.

[@travlite8496]

JOE has the worst offensive Coach by the name of Frank Pollack.....if he's PROTECTED FOR ONCE!!!!!! Joe will be just fine.

[@alanbevard5470]

Frank pollack never had any true young drafted high end talent to work with until this year.

[@JMcDonald2001]

You wanna know a QB that’s Injury Prone Tua dude can’t play one consecutive game without getting a concussion 🤕

[@pharaohspeaksotti]

He missed half of his rookie season Half of the 2023 season

[@rfish513]

Why is this a discussion? He obviously is

[@troytaylor9235]

yes he is

[@jim6070]

Burrow has tiny little baby hands. That’s his main problem.

[@rickholly1478]

I think Joe is becoming a China doll.

[@shoffy01]

Andrew Luck 2.0

[@timbowslice8535]

Yes… we are one Burrow injury away from being bottom feeders. Jake Browning is not the answer either. So what happens if Hoe gets hurt yet again, they CANT put all their chips on Jake