Joe Burrow is ‘progressing as he ought to’ from his calf damage as he eyes Bengals return for the beginning of the NFL season
Joe Burrow is ‘progressing as he ought to’ from his calf damage as he eyes Bengals return for the beginning of the NFL season
- Joe Burrow was carted off the Bengals’ observe area late final month
- However the quarterback engaged in a light-weight pregame exercise on Friday
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Joe Burrow is ‘progressing as he ought to’ from his calf damage based on Bengals coach Zac Taylor, because the quarterback ran by a light-weight exercise earlier than his group’s preseason sport on Friday.
Burrow was carted off the observe area on July 27 and dominated out for ‘a number of weeks’ from that time the next day by Taylor – a timeline the coach reiterated this week.
And the quarterback jogged and threw passes earlier than the Bengals hosted the Packers for a 36-19 preseason loss.
Burrow ran from sideline to sideline the width of the sector at lower than his high pace and took breaks between operating.Â
He threw passes with a traditional dropback and gave the impression to be snug transferring ahead and backward.
Joe Burrow, seen Friday evening, stays sidelined with a calf damage he suffered final month
Burrow was carted off at observe which initially sparked enormous issues for the franchise
He did not have a sleeve on his injured calf, which was not the case two days in the past.
Burrow was with the group for Wednesday’s joint observe with the Packers, the primary time he was on the sector for observe since he suffered the calf damage.
He didn’t take part within the observe.Â
Burrow may miss the beginning of the common season, which kicks off one month from Thursday.  Â
However simply what number of video games stays the query. Star wideout Ja’Marr Chase unintentionally threw gasoline on that fireplace lately, saying that he is OK if Burrow remained sidelined by Week 5, if solely to make sure he is absolutely wholesome.
‘I would like Joe to be his healthiest when it is time to play, when it is time to matter,’ Chase clarified Tuesday. ‘I do not need him on the market false-stepping and never 100%. … I by no means actually instructed him keep out till Week 5. It was simply me saying take as a lot time as you want.’
Burrow seemingly wouldn´t have performed Friday anyway – as Jake Browning and Trevor Siemian break up the reps at quarterback.
