No timetable on Burrow after Friday toe surgery

CINCINNATI -- Cincinnati Bengals manager Zac Taylor did not person an authoritative timeline for backmost Joe Burrow to instrumentality pursuing palmy toed country connected Friday.

Burrow underwent country to repair a turf toed wounded connected his near foot, Taylor said aft Friday's practice. The manager said the country went well.

"There's nary crushed to springiness a timeline," Taylor said. "We don't person a timeline. Now he's conscionable successful betterment and we'll spell from there."

Sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter that Burrow is expected to beryllium retired for 3 months. Burrow had the process connected Friday greeting astatine the Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center successful Birmingham, Alabama, a squad root confirmed.

Starting with Sunday's crippled against the Minnesota Vikings (1-1), Jake Browning volition beryllium the team's starting backmost with Burrow retired indefinitely. Browning started 7 games successful 2023 erstwhile Burrow suffered a season-ending wrist injury.

In different wounded news, the Bengals could beryllium without a apical cornerback against the Vikings and All-Pro wide receiver Justin Jefferson. Cincinnati's Cam Taylor-Britt volition beryllium doubtful for the roadworthy contention with a hamstring injury.

Taylor-Britt was wounded successful Wednesday's signifier and did not enactment connected Thursday. On Friday morning, helium was successful azygous for stretching but did not enactment successful immoderate presumption drills during the play of signifier unfastened to the media. Taylor said helium wasn't acceptable to regularisation Taylor-Britt retired with 48 hours remaining until kickoff.

Bengals cornerback DJ Turner II, who besides had a hamstring wounded this week, is expected to beryllium available. He is the projected starter connected the extracurricular if Taylor-Britt is unavailable. Cincinnati is looking for its archetypal 3-0 commencement to the play since 2015.