The Cincinnati Bengals were already dealing with one devastating season-ending injury with star quarterback Joe Burrow out for the season with a wrist injury. But as the team continues to fight for a postseason appearance, they got more horrible news this week.
During Saturday afternoon’s overtime win over the Minnesota Vikings, the Cincinnati Bengals lost two more key players to season-ending injuries with defensive lineman DJ Reader suffering a season-ending quad injury and defensive back DJ Ivey suffering a season-ending quad injury. This came the same game as star wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase also suffered a shoulder injury, though his prognosis is better.
“Zac Taylor confirms DJ Reader (quad) and DJ Ivey (ACL) both out for the season. On Ja’Marr Chase (shoulder): ‘We’ll continue to see how this week goes. Day to day,'” Cincinnati Bengals beat writer Paul Dehner Jr. said in a post on X, the social media website that was formerly known as Twitter.
Zac Taylor confirms DJ Reader (quad) and DJ Ivey (ACL) both out for the season.
On Ja'Marr Chase (shoulder): "We'll continue to see how this week goes. Day to day."
— Paul Dehner Jr. (@pauldehnerjr) December 17, 2023
Obviously, this is pretty horrible news for the Cincinnati Bengals as they continue to try to clinch a spot in the postseason even without Burrow, and the NFL world had a lot to say about it on social media as a result.
Ugh. Not good 🥺🥺 hoping for a very quick healing for all these guys! https://t.co/FJY5EDS4mJ
— Sara Elyse (@SaraElyse128) December 17, 2023
Make it stop https://t.co/o8y03cooEz
— Joe Farfsing (@JFarfsing1980) December 17, 2023
This really does feel like a 1-step-forward, 2-steps-back kind of season.
C’mon, Football Gods! There’s no lamb’s blood the smeared on the Black & Gold brigade’s door.
Go take their first-born sons and leave us be. Haven’t we suffered enough already? https://t.co/Q2NyCHFxdD
— Micah Frazier (@JustCallMeBigM) December 17, 2023
That sucks… https://t.co/GiQraMiMQc
— Tim (@Fiend038) December 17, 2023
Man this is brutal
— BengalsHead (@BengalsHead) December 17, 2023
Yikes
— Sports Card Cat (@SportsCardCat) December 17, 2023
We’ll have to see how the Bengals bounce back from these big losses.
