Bengals: Joe Burrow 'optimistic' about where calf injury is heading into must-win game
Days leading up to what he definitively confirmed is a must-win game, Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow is feeling as good as one possible can following a 24-point loss and a recovering right calf. Burrow managed to make it out that 27-3 defeat to the Tennessee Titans with no setbacks with his calf, which led […]
Days leading up to what he definitively confirmed is a must-win game, Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow is feeling as good as one possible can following a 24-point loss and a recovering right calf.
Burrow managed to make it out that 27-3 defeat to the Tennessee Titans with no setbacks with his calf, which led him to giving Bengals fans a reason to hope for the best this coming Sunday.
"This is the best I've felt after a game," Burrow said during his weekly presser. "So I'm optimistic."
Optimism has been at a premium following the Bengals' third loss in four weeks. The offense has scored a grand total of three touchdowns, and put up the same number of points last Sunday. Most of that falls on Burrow underperforming to his usual standards.
But the better Burrow feels, the better the offense can function. Getting his mobility back to his standard would also go a long way towards that, which is what Burrow says is the reasoning behind his positive update.
"I'm optimistic for that part of my game," Burrow said. "Still gotta go out and do it, so that's what we're focusing on right now."
Burrow's been frequent to relay the message of building off each practice in getting better and healthier. That process was stunted two weeks ago when he strained his calf again.
The 26-year old doesn't say too much, but he said enough on Wednesday to signal that his calf is as good as it's been in a while. That may not mean 100%, but it bodes well for him playing better against the Arizona Cardinals this week.
Any level of improvement is good enough for the Bengals right now.
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