Joe Burrow RETURNS to Bengals Practice! Comeback Timeline Revealed | Instant Reaction

Joe Burrow RETURNS to Bengals Practice! Comeback Timeline Revealed | Instant Reaction

Call it desperation, call it a miracle, call it whatever you want. But Joe Burrow is back. The Bengals plan for their star quarterback, when he could return to the field, and what happens next. That and much, much more right now on Cincinnati Bengals Talk. [Music] Hi again everyone and welcome in to CBT. I’m James of Bengal.com. Hit that subscribe button, ring the bell, join the 61,000 plus Bengals fans that have hit that subscribe button. Also, check us out wherever you get your podcast. Let’s dive in. Breaking news of the day. Certainly not news that we didn’t plan. Whether you’re near, far, anywhere in between, guess what? We got you covered on Cincinnati Bengals Talk. And uh obviously uh I am not at the facility, but Joe Burrow is and Joe Burrow has been. And Joe Burrow continues uh to train, rehab, do everything that he needs to do to be ready. So much so that he could return as soon as this month. The Bengals opened the practice window for Joe Burrow on Monday afternoon. He will practice today, maybe by the time you see this video. We certainly plan on having the Joe Burrow press conference for you here on Cincinnati Bengals Talk because he’s talking on Monday afternoon. What does this mean? Well, first let’s start with the 21-day window. The Bengals can activate Joe Burrow at any point in the next 21 days to the 53man roster. Right now, he can practice with the team without counting towards the roster. Zack Taylor talked a little bit ago, there’s no plans for Joe Bro to play this week against Pittsburgh. That’s not shocking. The Bengals next three games, it’s Pittsburgh this week. Joe won’t play. New England the following week. And then Thanksgiving at the end of November, November 27th, you have a Thanksgiving game against none other than the Baltimore Ravens in Baltimore. And that’s the one that’s interesting to me because I look at Ravens, Bengals, what it could mean, everything about it. And uh I think that’s the game Joe Burrow is targeting. I do. And from the jump, like things start to line up now. and and Zack Taylor talked and said, “Yeah, this was kind of the timeline, the plan we had in place.” I know this for a fact. The moment that injury happened and the dust kind of settled, so Joe gets hurt on a Sunday, Tuesday to Wednesday, he was already locked into, “All right, I’m going to come back this season. I’m going to come back when the season’s still up for grabs in much sooner than people are saying.” And everyone said mid December, late December. Uh, I was certainly guilty of that, but Joe always targeted much earlier. His target date in his mind was much earlier, and so far he’s hit that. Now, there’s a lot that needs to happen when it comes to his return. He’s going to throw to receivers on air on Monday and then kind of go from there. But this is a good first week to throw, to see how the toe reacts. And this is also telling you that the Bengals season, well, it’s hanging in the balance of the next 3 weeks. That’s what this is telling you. And and that’s the the other element to it. An important element of this is when you look at it, the Bengals are three and six. They’ve lost two games by a score of 86 to 80 their last two games. If they can somehow win two out of three or the next two, let’s say, uh, in in and you look up and they’re five and six, well then maybe Joe Bro does return for that Thanksgiving Day game. Maybe he is back in the mix. But maybe he can’t do that or he’s they lose the next couple of games and they’re three and eight. Then it’s over. Then they’re three and nine, then it’s over because he’s eligible to be activated. he could be activated Monday, December 1st to the 53man roster. So, this gives the Bengals tunnel vision. You have three games maximum to get back in this thing and to give Joe Burrow a shot. Maybe it’s only two, but certainly the next three. You win all three, I certainly expect to see Joe Burrow on the field at the start of December. You lose two or three, I probably wouldn’t bring him back. I think there’s a lot of you that wouldn’t bring him back anyway. some thoughts on that as well uh as we roll on here. Huge, huge news, plenty of thoughts on it. We’ll get to those coming up next. Today’s show is brought to you by WinWin Athletics. Jeff Baldwin and his crew, not only are they huge Bengals fans, but they have the best flag football gear on the planet. And let’s be honest, if you’re like me, some of your fantasy teams are struggling a bit. So, get out there and do it yourself. The win-win flag football kit is perfect for five on five flag football. It has endzones. It has all the flags required and of course uh the out- of- bounds lines as well. So let’s see if you can get that tap tap nice toe tap on the sideline. Get it today at winwinathletics.com and use code CBT10 for 10% off. That’s code CBT10 at winwinathanathathletics.com. Today’s bi-week edition is also brought to you by Christian Husky of Cipsy Klein Realtors. Look, we get it. The real estate market, it can be overwhelming if you’re looking to sell, if you’re looking to buy, if you’re looking for real estate advice. That’s where Christian Husky comes in. He’s going to make it easy. He’s going to make the process easy. He’s going to help you with whatever you need. Give you the right advice. And of course, it’s coming from a Bengals fan as well. Christian is as dieh hard as they come. Check them out today. Simply Klein.com/cusky. All right. The the other element here is should they bring him back? A lot of you I’ve already seen it because I wrote the article bengles.com. Should they bring him back? And the answer for a lot of you is why would you do that? He’s not going to help the defense. Why would you do that? He’s not I get that. I do. I also think that Joe has been working his ass off behind the scenes. I think one activating his window does give your locker room a jolt. Does bring some hope. And man oh man, how different would it feel? And I can’t I can’t help but think how different would this feel if they were five and four right now? If they had beat the Jets and the Bears and they had won three straight and they’re coming out of the buy and now Joe B’s practice window gets activated. I mean, everyone would be like, “This story has come together, and it hasn’t fully come together because the defense can’t tackle anybody.” But overall when I look at this, it it’s it it makes so much sense. Joe Burrow hadn’t thought really once about stopping this year, about not playing again, about this being a season ending injury. once he once he got all the news and all the information it was kind of like full steam ahead all systems go and uh and that’s why he’s here now the team needs to do its part and that’s the other element here Joe’s been working his butt off behind the scenes the team offense defense special teams coaching staff they need to do their part now and hold it down and and make tackles and be in the right spot and get stops and get off the field and still score points and protect Joe Flacco and do everything that they can to give Joe Burrow a real shot at coming back. Because if you win the next two, I think there’s a decent chance Joe Burrow is starting on Thanksgiving against Baltimore. I think if you win the next three, there’s no doubt in my mind he’s activated for December for a December stretch run that, let’s be honest, it’s tough. I mean, you get out of that Ravens game November 27th, then you go to Buffalo December 7th, and then it’s the Ravens again, and then it’s the Dolphins, and and so you you’re going to have to win some of these games down the stretch I over the next few weeks to get to that stretch for that to matter. We’ll see if they do it. We’ll see if the Bengals can handle business. It’s uh this is wild. I It is unexpected. I am surprised that today is the day. Uh, I I thought that it could happen in November. I thought it could happen at some point in the near future. But what today tells me honestly is that in his mind, he’s thinking about that Thanksgiving game. And he’s looking at this AFC North that’s still very much up for grabs. He’s looking at a a Bengals team that if they can beat the Steelers on Sunday would be 3-0 in the division. He’s looking at a wideopen division. He sees that Lamar’s come back and the the Ravens are making their push and he’s like, “All right, well, I’m going to make my push.” And we’ll see. We’ll see if if the Bengals can hold up their end of the bargain. Joe Burrow is holding up hits. He’s worked his butt off. He’s put himself in position to come back this season. Can the Bengals do theirs? So far, they’ve failed at it. One and six without Joe Burrow. They have maxed three more games without him. If you want him to come back this year, you got to start winning some of these games. We’re going to have you covered here on Cincinnati Bengals Talk. Make sure you stay tuned. We’re going to hear from Joe Burrow today. Please, please, please hit that subscribe button on YouTube. Follow wherever you get your podcast. And until next time for Andrew Fox Miller, I’m James RP. Thank you so much for watching and listening to Cincinnati Bengals Talk. [Music]

Breaking Cincinnati Bengals news: Joe Burrow has officially returned to practice in a limited capacity as he continues his recovery from a turf toe injury. While Burrow won’t play this week, signs point to a potential earlier than originally expected.

James Rapien breaks down what Burrow’s return means for the team’s playoff hopes, the timeline for his return, and how the Bengals must perform over the next few weeks to make it count.

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