Joe Burrow continues strong season with Bengals latest win: ‘You put it in his hands and let him go’
By Keith Farner
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Joe Burrow is about 9 months out from the serious knee injury suffered last season, but he continues to play well and lead the Cincinnati Bengals to a strong start in his second NFL season.
Burrow and the Bengals beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 24-21 on Thursday night after they trailed by 2 touchdowns at halftime. It is no surprise to coach Zac Taylor.
“Yeah, it’s not surprising,” Taylor said after the game, per Bengals.com. “When the line gives him time like they did, he’s going to be really tough to deal with. We have a lot of weapons, and we’re missing a big one tonight in Tee (Higgins). We count on everybody to step up. He hit Samaje (Perine) for a huge first down in empty. So, again, Joe is just seeing the field really well right now, and you put it in his hands and let him go.”
Burrow explained how the Bengals bounced back.
“There’s no panic in the locker room,” he said. “We knew we didn’t play great in the first half. It is what it is. But we had all the faith in the world that we were going to come out and play well in the second half. We’ve been a second-half team. We’re going to have to keep that finish, and we’re going to have to play better in the first half on offense, but I’m proud of the way we fought back.”
Here’s a sampling of the reaction to Burrow’s play:
Joe Burrow was 17-of-20 passing for 253 yards in the 2nd half on Thursday night.
He’s 1 of 2 players to complete at least 85 percent of his passes for 250 yards in the 2nd half of a game over the last 2 seasons.
The other was Tom Brady last season against the Chargers. pic.twitter.com/cQh303PAYL
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) October 1, 2021
Joe Burrow says he audibled for a screen to CJ Uzomah to set up the game-winner: “You guys have heard me talking about knowing the playbook in the back of my head… I know their defensive coordinator (Joe Cullen) has a Baltimore background.”
— KeepItReal#2 (@Milzey4) October 1, 2021
People love to say “it’s the Jags” but forget “any given Sunday” in todays case it’s Thursday ;) close games is what makes football fun. Took the ravens to break a record to heat Detroit. Close games happen. It’s the NFL.
— Dan (@I2awKamikaze) October 1, 2021
They looked pretty damn stoppable in the first half.
— SizzlingFootblls (@IntManOfMystry) October 1, 2021
Joe Burrow is special
— Zachary Tyler (@iso___z) October 1, 2021
joe burrow is legit and the bengals should be 4-0. the bears did not deserve that win over them
— Matt Nagy Hater (@RyanMcPenis) October 1, 2021
Every time I hear Joe Burrow address his guys I think about Andy Dalton’s pregame speech before that playoff game and I smile and laugh. https://t.co/6NEy0Qq0LH
— Zach G. (@ZJGoffena) October 1, 2021
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
