{"id":38405,"date":"2025-11-25T23:32:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T23:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=38405"},"modified":"2025-11-25T23:32:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T23:32:17","slug":"joe-burrow-responds-to-fans-saying-he-should-sit-out-rest-of-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=38405","title":{"rendered":"Joe Burrow Responds To Fans Saying He Should Sit Out Rest Of Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thespun.com\/.image\/w_1080,q_auto:good,c_limit\/MjE1MTc4NDc2NzgzNjc0NzM1\/usatsi_25116066.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">While not mathematically eliminated from the playoffs, the\u00a0Cincinnati Bengals\u00a0are a paltry 3-8 on the season and poised for their worst season since 2020 or worse. So why is star quarterback\u00a0Joe Burrow\u00a0\u2013 fresh of a serious toe injury \u2013 coming back when there isn\u2019t a serious path to the playoffs for the team?<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">That very question was poised to Burrow (in different words) and he made it clear that he is passionate about football and doesn\u2019t want to be the kind of player who refuses to play when healthy.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">\u201cI am a football player\u2026 I\u2019m not gonna ever go to someone and say, \u2018Yeah, I\u2019m healthy, but I don\u2019t think I should play.\u2019 I am not going to live my life and play this game scared that something may happen,\u201d Burrow said ahead of their Thanksgiving tilt against the\u00a0Baltimore Ravens.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bengals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bengals<\/a> QB Joe Burrow on people saying he should just sit out since the team is 3-8:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am a football player. &#8230; I&#39;m not gonna ever go to someone and say, \u2018Yeah, I\u2019m healthy, but I don&#39;t think I should play.&#39; I am not going to live my life and play this game scared that\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8okksJfCUC\">https:\/\/t.co\/8okksJfCUC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7nNqU4gDKp\">pic.twitter.com\/7nNqU4gDKp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MySportsUpdate\/status\/1993442703577604304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"disagreement\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Disagreement<\/h2>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">While Burrow may be passionate about playing, fans are passionate about playing the long game and setting themselves up for success in 2026 now that 2025 is dead in every way but mathematically.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">\u201cI respect it but the TEAM should shut him down. He is injury prone, they are out of playoff contention and the offensive line still isn\u2019t great. Move on and build around him for next season without risking his health,\u201d one user remarked on X.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">\u201cSometimes you have to save a player from himself,\u201d another wrote.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">\u201cHow about you focus on your health next year? Isn\u2019t that more beneficial for your team?\u201d wrote a third.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thespun.com\/.image\/w_3840,q_auto:good,c_limit\/MzM6MDAwMDAwMDAwMzkxNzE2\/syndication-the-enquirer-391716.jpg\" alt=\"Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow.\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">Burrow suffered two season-ruining injuries in his first five\u00a0NFL\u00a0seasons and a third this year. The Bengals have invested significant capital in Burrow being their quarterback not just this year or even next year, but the next decade or more.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">As many fans have pointed out, sometimes it\u2019s best to save a player from their own eagerness to play when the risks are high and the stakes are low.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">But if the Bengals try that, they might lose the support of their QB. It\u2019s a delicate balance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cincinnati-bengals"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Joe Burrow Responds To Fans Saying He Should Sit Out Rest Of Season - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=38405\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Joe Burrow Responds To Fans Saying He Should Sit Out Rest Of Season - 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