Bengals' Burrow leaves game with injured toe

CINCINNATI -- Bengals backmost Joe Burrow suffered a near toed wounded successful Sunday's crippled against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Burrow was sacked with 8:36 near successful the 2nd 4th of Cincinnati's location opener. After helium was taken down by Jaguars antiaircraft extremity Arik Armstead, a mates much players piled connected apical of Cincinnati's prima quarterback. He attempted to gingerly locomotion to the sideline earlier helium went down connected the tract and was evaluated by the Bengals' grooming staff.

Burrow spent respective minutes successful the team's wounded structure earlier heading toward the locker country aboriginal successful the quarter. After attempting to locomotion into the passageway connected his ain power, helium stopped with astir 15 yards remaining and threw his arms astir 2 trainers earlier going the remainder of the way. Video taken by the Cincinnati Enquirer showed Burrow entering the locker country with his near footwear removed.

Bengals backup backmost Jake Browning finished the fractional and started the archetypal possession of the 3rd quarter. Burrow was officially listed arsenic questionable to instrumentality astatine halftime and was inactive successful the locker country erstwhile play resumed.

The sixth-year subordinate has battled injuries passim his career. He has suffered season-ending genu and wrist injuries. Burrow earned his 2nd Comeback Player of the Year grant successful 2024 aft playing each 17 games and starring the league successful passing yards and touchdowns 1 twelvemonth aft helium had country to repair his close wrist.