Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow left Thursday night’s game against the Baltimore Ravens early with an injury to his right wrist. And his team is coming under a great deal of criticism for the way the injury was handled and reported.
When the Bengals arrived in Baltimore on Wednesday, they posted a video to Twitter/X of the team getting off of the bus. One of the images seen in the video was Burrow’s right thumb and wrist being wrapped up.
And while the team deleted the video, it was eventually posted elsewhere, including by Caleb Noe of WCPO 9, Cincinnati’s ABC affiliate.
Lots of talk about a deleted #Bengals post, which showed Joe Burrow wearing some type of brace or sleeve on his right wrist.
🎥 Here’s video of Burrow getting off the team bus in Baltimore.
Not a perfectly clear shot, but you can definitely see it on his hand.@WCPO pic.twitter.com/XcqX6oMODA
— Caleb Noe (@CalebNoeTV) November 16, 2023
Despite this, Burrow was not listed on Cincinnati’s injury report going into the game. And while that was notable when the video showing Burrow’s hand was posted, it got more notable when he left the game.
Burrow was in clear discomfort after throwing a four-yard touchdown pass to Joe Mixon. He went to the medical tent and briefly returned to the sideline, trying to grip and throw a ball. It was quickly apparent that he could not do it and he went to the locker room.
Joe Burrow, who had an injured hand after throwing a touchdown pass, could not grip a ball on the sidelines and immediately went into the Bengals locker room. pic.twitter.com/dtjGOjvrYK
— The Comeback (@thecomeback) November 17, 2023
When the Bengals returned to the field after halftime, it was revealed that Burrow was out for the remainder of the game.
Kaylee Hartung reports (per Bengals coach Zac Taylor) that "we will probably not see Joe Burrow play in this game again tonight and he has no idea if this right wrist injury could sideline him multiple games." pic.twitter.com/gUESGKcDat
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) November 17, 2023
QB Joe Burrow has been declared out. https://t.co/9gU5nZ5MqG
— Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) November 17, 2023
The injury to Burrow, one of the NFL’s best players, is bad news. It gets even worse if he’s forced to miss substantial time.
And on Thursday, the Bengals received a lot of criticism for letting Burrow play and not having him listed on the injury report.
Feels like this should be at least a fine. Why have an injury report if stuff like this gets completely hidden? https://t.co/HvUVpRxOY6
— Scott Warheit (@swarheit) November 17, 2023
So the Bengals knew the whole time Burrow’s wrist was Swiss cheese didn’t put it on injury report , let him go out there hurt and now might have hurt it even worse? https://t.co/c3UHN8TF34
— Robert Littal BSO (@BSO) November 17, 2023
The league wants integrity…the league wants an injury report…the league wants an injury report that can be trusted
— Todd Fuhrman (@ToddFuhrman) November 17, 2023
Bengals getting fined!!!!! https://t.co/Syeo4hGUXJ
— John Chapman (@JL_Chapman) November 17, 2023
We’ll at least the NFL does not embrace sports betting. 😏#integrity https://t.co/uUm0CyMANF
— Andrew Brandt (@AndrewBrandt) November 17, 2023
Not on the injury report. Bengals got some explaining to do! https://t.co/4zvL722IbH
— Michael Fabiano (@Michael_Fabiano) November 17, 2023
[Caleb Noe on Twitter/X, Tom Pelissero on Twitter/X]
