{"id":665546,"date":"2026-01-09T04:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T04:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/665546\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T04:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T04:41:10","slug":"what-joe-burrow-said-to-shedeur-sanders-after-face-off-in-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/665546\/","title":{"rendered":"What Joe Burrow said to Shedeur Sanders after face-off in finale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 8, 2026, 4:29 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Before his <a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> lost to the Cleveland Browns to end the season on a sour note, <a href=\"http:\/\/bengalswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/bengals\/2026\/01\/01\/joe-burrow-shedeur-sanders-comments-praise-bengals-browns\/87981889007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Burrow had some headline-worthy things<\/a> to say about Browns rookie passer Shedeur Sanders.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Burrow kept that same energy after the game during postgame handshakes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Now fans can get a glimpse of what Burrow told Sanders thanks to on-field footage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cYou\u2019re fun to watch,&#8221; Burrow said. &#8220;You\u2019re fun to watch. Look forward to watching you next year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">A clip of the exchange:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:4|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">RELATED:<a href=\"http:\/\/bengalswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/bengals\/2026\/01\/05\/bengals-duke-tobin-rare-media-appearance-this-week\/88029976007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bengals&#8217; Duke Tobin to make rare media appearance this week<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Before the game, Burrow had noted that Sanders had handled an immense level of scrutiny thrown at a fifth-round pick very well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">On the field itself, Sanders spent his rookie year appearing in eight games, completing 56.6 percent of his passes with seven touchdowns and eight interceptions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Hard to say if Sanders is in the plans as a top option for the Browns next year after they hire a new head coach. Oddly enough, Burrow\u2019s offensive coordinator, Dan Pitcher, is a candidate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Either way, Burrow clearly holds Sanders in high regard.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">RELATED:<a href=\"http:\/\/bengalswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/bengals\/2025\/12\/25\/bengals-cautioned-joe-burrow-matthew-stafford-scenario\/87914880007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bengals cautioned against Joe Burrow, Matthew Stafford scenario<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 8, 2026, 4:29 p.m. ET Before his Cincinnati Bengals lost to the Cleveland Browns to end the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":665547,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[95878,228,227,256,2296,7,6,13078,95905,95882,95913,96121,95927,95895,95906,96626,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-665546","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cincinnati-bengals","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-bengals","10":"tag-cincinnati","11":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","12":"tag-cincinnatibengals","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflbengals","16":"tag-sstsnbengals","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagcincinnati-bengals","19":"tag-tagjoe-burrow","20":"tag-tagmatthew-stafford","21":"tag-tagnfl-hub","22":"tag-tagoverall-positive","23":"tag-tagshedeur-sanders","24":"tag-tagsports-news","25":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115863308662844264","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665546","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=665546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}