Sources: Burrow needs toe surgery, out 3 months

Cincinnati Bengals backmost Joe Burrow volition request toed country that volition sideline him a minimum of 3 months, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

Burrow was wounded with 8:36 remaining successful the 2nd 4th of Sunday's 31-27 location triumph erstwhile Jacksonville antiaircraft extremity Arik Armstead sacked him. The play resulted successful Burrow being nether different players who had fallen connected him.

Initially, Burrow was limping arsenic helium tried to locomotion disconnected the field. But aft a mates of steps, helium went down connected the turf. Burrow had a lengthy valuation successful the bluish wounded tent. After respective minutes, helium attempted to locomotion to the locker room. However, Burrow stopped astir 15 feet abbreviated of the passageway that leads beneath the stadium arsenic helium sought assistance from diversion trainers to marque it backmost inside.

Burrow was primitively listed arsenic questionable to instrumentality earlier being ruled out. He ne'er returned to the tract and was successful a walking footwear and connected crutches aft the game.

In his place, Jake Browning led the Bengals to a comeback victory, capped by his 1-yard leap implicit the extremity enactment with 18 seconds near successful the game.

Burrow, the No. 1 draught prime successful 2020, had season-ending injuries successful 2020 (knee) and 2023 (wrist) that caused him to miss a combined 13 games. He besides played done a calf wounded suffered successful grooming campy up of the 2023 campaign.

In 14 games without Burrow arsenic their starting QB, the Bengals are 2 games nether .500 and mean conscionable nether 20 points per contest.