Admin December 18, 2024
CINCINNATI — Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow is clearly frustrated with this season and rightfully so.
The team is 6-8 and has a small chance at making the playoffs. Burrow was frustrated after Cincinnati’s Week 15 win over Tennessee.
Couple that with the poor record and Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer says that Burrow’s frustrations are real.
“I think he’s really, really frustrated,” Breer said on The Afternoon Drive Show on 92.3 The Fan. “This is a guy who I think is as close to a guy to Brady as you’re gonna get in the league. Like just as far as his competitiveness and stylistically the type of player he is and I think it’s frustrating for him because I think he’s done a lot to kinda change the face of the Bengals the last few years. I think he’s been at the forefront of that and kind of helping to flip the identitiy of the team.”
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There’s no doubt that Burrow has helped change how people view the Bengals—both on and off the field. He led them to Super Bowl LVI and back-to-back AFC Championship Games.
Breer thinks Burrow’s frustrations step from their struggles this season and miscues in both the draft and free agency.
“It feels like there’s some same old Bengals things happening where spending cost them in some areas and they haven’t developed players in other areas,” Breer said. “I think there’s some frustration with that for sure. I think if you’re the Bengals you have to be really careful now. Not to piss this guy off to the point where it’s a real problem in a year or two.”
It’s worth noting that Burrow called soon-to-be free agent wide receiver Tee Higgins “a need” last week when asked about the offseason. The 28-year-old quarterback clearly wants the team to build around him, Ja’Marr Chase and Higgins.
“If I were the Bengals I think I’d be very, very careful,” Breer said. “Winning is very important to him and I don’t think that he’s going to sit around forever and let the things that have cost the Bengals in the past cost them again.”
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