{"id":299887,"date":"2025-08-19T06:11:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T06:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/299887\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T06:11:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T06:11:12","slug":"joe-burrow-struggles-in-preseason-game-fans-concerned-about-his-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/299887\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Burrow Struggles in Preseason Game: Fans Concerned About His Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joe Burrow Struggles in Preseason Game: Fans Concerned About His Performance<\/a> originally appeared on The Spun<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Cincinnati Bengals played Joe Burrow for the entire first quarter of Monday night’s preseason game against the Washington Commanders. Although he walked off the field unharmed, he took a few unnecessary hits while under center.<\/p>\n

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Burrow had an MVP-caliber season with the Bengals in 2024, completing 70.6% of his passes for 4,918 yards with 43 touchdowns and nine interceptions. Cincinnati, however, missed the playoffs in large part because of its 1-4 start to the season. By playing Burrow and the offensive starters in the preseason, the Bengals are hoping to knock off any rust before September begins.<\/p>\n

Last Thursday, the Bengals received an incredible performance from Burrow. He completed 9-of-10 passes for 123 yards with two touchdowns, picking up right where he left off last season.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for the Bengals, they were unable to protect Burrow during their second preseason game. He took two nasty hits on Monday night against the Commanders, which included a horse-collar tackle where he was thrown to the turf.<\/p>\n

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Aug 18, 2025; Landover, Maryland, USA; Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) prepares to take to the field against the Washington Commanders during the first quarter at Northwest Stadium.<\/p>\n

After Commanders defensive end Deatrich Wise Jr. chucked Burrow to the ground, NFL fans went on social media to share their thoughts.<\/p>\n

Most fans are concerned for Burrow’s health.<\/p>\n

“Joe Burrow getting flung around like a rag doll in a preseason game,” one fan commented.<\/p>\n

“Joe Burrow is gonna go the way of Andrew Luck at this rate,” a second fan said.<\/p>\n

“This coaching staff is going to get Burrow killed.. what are they doing.. #1 & #5 look pissed on the sidelines.. maybe because they aren\u2019t out there with Joe or that Joe is even playing,” a third fan commented.<\/p>\n

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“If Joe Burrow gets hurt, Zac Taylor might be fired,” another fan declared.<\/p>\n

Burrow is going to face plenty of questions from the media about the unnecessary hits he took on Monday night.<\/p>\n

While we don’t want to knock Burrow’s competitive nature, he has to be a bit smarter in the preseason. If the Bengals are going to contend for a Super Bowl this season, they need him to stay healthy. That won’t happen if he’s getting blasted every other drive.<\/p>\n

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Don’t just take our word for it, Bengals offensive lineman Ted Karras referred to Burrow as the team’s “hopes and dreams<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

The Bengals will begin their 2025 regular season on Sept. 7 against the Cleveland Browns.<\/p>\n

Joe Burrow Struggles in Preseason Game: Fans Concerned About His Performance<\/a> first appeared on The Spun on Aug 19, 2025<\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by The Spun<\/a> on Aug 19, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joe Burrow Struggles in Preseason Game: Fans Concerned About His Performance originally appeared on The Spun. The Cincinnati…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299888,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[6502,228,227,256,2296,54,19887,7,1577,6,9791,11014,2975,111],"class_list":{"0":"post-299887","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cincinnati-bengals","8":"tag-andrew-luck","9":"tag-bengals","10":"tag-cincinnati","11":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","12":"tag-cincinnatibengals","13":"tag-cleveland-browns","14":"tag-deatrich-wise-jr","15":"tag-football","16":"tag-joe-burrow","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-preseason-game","19":"tag-ted-karras","20":"tag-the-bengals","21":"tag-washington-commanders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115053952230441120","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}