March 23, 2026, 10:00 p.m. ET<\/p>\n
Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> quarterback Joe Burrow has been all over the place so far this offseason, popping up at NFL and plenty of non-NFL events.\u00a0<\/p>\n A fun way to look at things? Burrow is sending a little message that he\u2019s locked in for next season.\u00a0<\/p>\n That\u2019s something floated recently by former player Rodney McLeod during an appearance on Good Morning Football.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt doesn\u2019t seem like he\u2019s taken a break since the season ended. He got that call to the Pro Bowl and he\u2019s just climbed,\u201d McLeod said. \u201cHe’s been putting us on notice.\u00a0“<\/p>\n The full clip:\u00a0<\/p>\n Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n Here\u2019s a funny way to look at things, too: Burrow showed up late to the Pro Bowl, almost as if the NFL called in a favor for its flailing All-Star game. And now he was at the Fanatics Flag Football Classic, almost acting as an ambassador of sorts for the league.\u00a0<\/p>\n Thinking outside the box here, what if Burrow\u2019s becoming an ambassador and face of the NFL in hopes of a call or two here and there from referees that he might not normally get? Or perhaps it swings a primetime or international game appearance for his Bengals<\/a>?\u00a0<\/p>\n Just a thought. Burrow said he wants to have fun with football\u2026and very clearly is. And he certainly looks locked in. The other possible benefits don\u2019t hurt, either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 23, 2026, 10:00 p.m. ET Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow has been all over the place so…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":830692,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[95878,7,6,13078,95905,95882,95913,96121,95896,95888,95899,114622,95883,95881],"class_list":["post-830691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-accessfree","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-sstssportsnflbengals","tag-sstsnbengals","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagcincinnati-bengals","tag-tagjoe-burrow","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagrodney-mcleod-jr","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116282921073073584","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830691","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=830691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/830692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=830691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=830691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=830691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}