{"id":19096,"date":"2025-03-29T15:07:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T15:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=19096"},"modified":"2025-03-29T15:07:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T15:07:46","slug":"hes-doing-everything-right-so-why-is-joe-burrow-still-carrying-the-blame-for-cincinnati-bengals-failures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=19096","title":{"rendered":"He\u2019s doing everything right. So why is Joe Burrow still carrying the blame for Cincinnati Bengals\u2019 failures?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<section>\n<div data-ua-type=\"1\">\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"(Image via Getty)\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-119712671,imgsize-29192,width-400,resizemode-4\/119712671.jpg\" alt=\"He\u2019s doing everything right. So why is Joe Burrow still carrying the blame for Cincinnati Bengals\u2019 failures? | NFL News - The Times of India\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>There\u2019s no ring. There\u2019s no recent playoff run. There\u2019s no dominant defense. But there is Joe Burrow \u2014 still putting up elite numbers, still getting paid like a franchise savior, still dragging the Cincinnati Bengals through their chaos.<\/p>\n<p>Blame is heavy in the NFL. But sometimes, it lands on the wrong person.<\/p>\n<h2>Joe Burrow led the NFL in passing yards and touchdowns but still missed the playoffs \u2014 for one reason only<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;If you look at how we&#39;re playing, yeah, it&#39;s a tough pill to swallow.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Bengals pacing for the following team records:<\/p>\n<p>Joe Burrow: 41 TD pace<br \/>Ja&#39;Marr Chase: 1,678 yards and 17 TD (tied) pace<br \/>Trey Hendrickson: 19 sack pace<\/p>\n<p>And, yet, pacing for a losing record. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zFgOGFwvGv\">pic.twitter.com\/zFgOGFwvGv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joe Danneman (@FOX19Joe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOX19Joe\/status\/1854761714404769945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The 2024 season should\u2019ve been different. Joe Burrow threw 43 touchdowns. He passed for 4,918 yards \u2014 most in the NFL. He finished fifth on PFSN\u2019s quarterback rankings with an 88.5 QB+ grade. He was accurate, efficient, and dangerous, completing 69.2% of his passes over the last two seasons.<\/p>\n<p>None of it mattered.<br \/>\n<span data-ua-type=\"1\">&#8220;The 2024 Bengals allowed the most points per game in losses in NFL history (27.8), and had six losses with 25+ points last season,&#8221;<\/span> as CBS Sports&#8217; Jeff Kerr put it. Even with Burrow putting up historic numbers, Cincinnati collapsed.<br \/>\nBurrow became just the third quarterback in league history to throw over 40 touchdowns and still miss the postseason. Not because he underperformed \u2014 but because his defense didn\u2019t show up.<br \/>\n<span data-ua-type=\"1\">&#8220;He has to play excellent in order for the Bengals to win football games,&#8221;<\/span> Kerr wrote. And he\u2019s not wrong. If Burrow is anything less than elite, the Bengals lose. That\u2019s the burden.<br \/>\nCincinnati doesn\u2019t have margin for error. Not with this defense. Not with this O-line.<\/p>\n<h2>Cincinnati Bengals locked in Joe Burrow, Ja\u2019Marr Chase, and Tee Higgins \u2014 but forgot how football works<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">INSANE: THE <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BENGALS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BENGALS<\/a> HAVE LOST 4 GAMES THIS SEASON WHEN THEY SCORED 30+ POINTS\u2026 and 6 games of 25+ points.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 25 POINTS\u2026 LOST <br \/>\u2022 33 POINTS\u2026 LOST<br \/>\u2022 38 POINTS\u2026 LOST <br \/>\u2022 34 POINTS\u2026 LOST <br \/>\u2022 27 POINTS\u2026 LOST <br \/>\u2022 38 POINTS\u2026 LOST <\/p>\n<p>PATHETIC. JOE BURROW NEEDS A REAL DEFENSE. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wSBZy2qMHY\">pic.twitter.com\/wSBZy2qMHY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MLFootball (@_MLFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_MLFootball\/status\/1863334002536456356?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This offseason, the Cincinnati Bengals doubled down. Ja\u2019Marr Chase signed a record-breaking deal. Tee Higgins got a lucrative extension. Add in Joe Burrow\u2019s five-year, $275 million contract, and suddenly the Bengals are pouring $125 million a year into three names.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re betting on the offense carrying everything. Again.<\/p>\n<p>Problem? This isn\u2019t 7-on-7.<\/p>\n<p>You can have Burrow, Chase, and Higgins lighting up stat sheets, but if the defense can\u2019t stop anyone, it\u2019s over. Cincinnati finished dead last in the AFC North. Again. And it wasn\u2019t because Burrow couldn\u2019t find his targets \u2014 Chase just won the receiving triple crown with 127 receptions, 1,708 yards, and 17 touchdowns. Higgins added 911 yards and 10 TDs in just 12 games.<br \/>\nNo one\u2019s slacking on offense. The issue is that the rest of the roster hasn\u2019t kept up.<br \/>\n<span data-ua-type=\"1\">&#8220;The Bengals need Burrow to perform at a high level every week to win games, and lose games when Burrow is just &#8216;good,'&#8221;<\/span> Kerr wrote. That\u2019s not sustainable. And that\u2019s not on the quarterback.<\/p>\n<h2>Mike Florio says Joe Burrow only stayed in Cincinnati because he\u2019s from Ohio \u2014 and forced the front office into action<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Joe Burrow: &#8220;I went to school at Ohio State. I played football at LSU.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Joe Burrow made his own statement on why OSU should or shouldn&#8217;t claim him as one of their own in the NFL. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Buckeyes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Buckeyes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LSUTigers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LSUTigers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOX19?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@fox19<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sedLyY0HnC\">pic.twitter.com\/sedLyY0HnC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeremy Rauch (@FOX19Jeremy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOX19Jeremy\/status\/1722351888257945906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>NBC\u2019s Mike Florio doesn\u2019t think this was all fate and loyalty. He believes Burrow stayed in Cincinnati for one reason only: geography.<\/p>\n<p><span data-ua-type=\"1\">&#8220;If Joe Burrow was from Athens, Georgia and not Athens, Ohio, he would have refused to play for the Bengals,&#8221;<\/span> Florio said on <span data-ua-type=\"1\">Pro Football Talk<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>He wasn\u2019t just speculating. Florio claimed Burrow was close to pulling a Carson Palmer \u2014 walking away. Until the Bengals caved.<\/p>\n<p><span data-ua-type=\"1\">&#8220;He pressured them and backed them into a corner [forcing them to re-sign Higgins and Chase]\u2026 That never would have happened five years ago,&#8221;<\/span> Florio added.<\/p>\n<p>Burrow, the so-called \u201chometown hero,\u201d might\u2019ve been bluffing with the poker face. But it worked.<\/p>\n<p>They kept him. They paid him. They locked in his weapons. And now? 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