Bengals avoid lightning striking twice with QB injuries
A season-ending wrist injury for Joe Burrow is why Jake Browning became the 10th starting quarterback in the past 20 years for the Cincinnati Bengals. Browning and the Bengals lost, 16-10, to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, and his day looked like it was going to end much worse. Towards the conclusion of the game, Browning […]
A season-ending wrist injury for Joe Burrow is why Jake Browning became the 10th starting quarterback in the past 20 years for the Cincinnati Bengals. Browning and the Bengals lost, 16-10, to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, and his day looked like it was going to end much worse.
Towards the conclusion of the game, Browning appeared to have injured his right hand. Two consecutive weeks of quarterbacks suffering similar injuries would've been a harsh coincidence.
Luckily, the Bengals appeared to avoid that fate.
Browning told reporters following the game that his hand was cramping, and that it wasn't a serious injury.
Browning was hit fairly often by the Steelers' always imposing defensive line, but none of the hits seemed to cause any noticeable injury to his hand. His throwing ability also didn't seem to be impacted at the end of the game.
Was usage the cause of the cramps? This was Browning's first regular season start of his career, but he only threw the ball 26 times and dropped back 33 times. He's taken all the reps in practice over the past week, and took nearly all the reps during training camp.
Cramps are not ideal under any circumstance, but they're much better than torn ligaments.
So long as Browning is healthy, he'll be out there quarterbacking the Bengals' offense for the remainder of the season. It would take an injury or a disastrous string of games for a switch to occur.
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