Joe Burrow’s Potential Return and Impact on Bengals

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00:00Joe Burrow back?

00:02Now, this is a story that I've got to be honest.

00:05I don't know if anybody's been on this more than Joe Lisi.

00:08Because a lot of people have been silent on the matter.

00:11Joe, whether it be in a commercial or on air, what's up with this Burrow?

00:15We don't hear anything about this Burrow.

00:16Is this Burrow coming back?

00:18Well, Joe Burrow may be coming back.

00:21They have opened his practice window.

00:24It doesn't guarantee he's, you know, back in a snap,

00:27certainly not going to play in their most upcoming game,

00:30which will be against the Pittsburgh Steelers next Sunday.

00:33Ian Rappaport was quoted as saying a December return is real.

00:37So maybe they are without Joe Burrow for another three, four games, give or take.

00:47Do you expect Burrow to be under center again for Cincinnati this season?

00:51I mean, I thought if he was coming back this week with the Steelers losing

00:55to the L.A. Chargers, I would say, yeah,

00:57they have an ability to make a run.

00:59But coming in in December now with the team already at 3-7 and third

01:03in the AFC North, I mean, what's the point unless you're going to shop them?

01:07I mean, I don't know.

01:09I mean, if Burrow comes back and he plays two or three games

01:13and the team at that particular time, let's say, has 10, 11 losses,

01:17what's the point?

01:19That's what's kind of puzzling to me here.

01:22Like, I am sure Burrow wants to be out there with his guys.

01:26But the last two losses, Joe, they look just like Joe Burrow was out there.

01:32They lose 39-38 to the Jets, 47-42 to the Chicago Bears.

01:37Again, I understand he wants to be out there.

01:40Let's just take their next three games.

01:42Because, again, we hear December.

01:43At Pittsburgh, home against New England, at Baltimore.

01:46They will be a dog in all three of those games with Joe Flacco.

01:48And let's go a step further.

01:51Let's put Joe Burrow under Sender.

01:53Let's pretend he could be available for that New England game.

01:56I think there's still an underdog, Joe, at home against New England,

02:00at Baltimore, at Buffalo, home against Baltimore.

02:03Right.

02:04So, and trust me, as somebody whose pick was,

02:07and you can laugh at me because you do every time,

02:09Cincinnati to win the Super Bowl, I should hear this and awesome, great.

02:14I don't think this really matters.

02:17I hate to say it.

02:17Yeah, I mean, the way the defense is playing, it's horrible.

02:20Again, they're 3-6.

02:21Trey Hendrickson already doubtful for the next season.

02:23But, you see, like, if he's under center for Pittsburgh,

02:25I think he can win that game.

02:27I mean, the fact that they want it.

02:29But I think they can win it with Flacco, too.

02:31Yeah, but on the road, you would rather have Burrow.

02:34Again, Patriots, the way they're playing, going to be difficult.

02:38Ravens now, a little bit of momentum,

02:41and they pick up the victory over Minnesota.

02:43Defense looks better.

02:45Again, they're up against you.

02:46You can make the argument if Burrow was there for the remaining eight games

02:52that they could potentially be 6-2 with him on their center.

02:56So that, you know, but...

02:58The hope was, going off of what I thought the initial...

03:00I thought the initial timeline was for him to play in the final three games,

03:05right?

03:05Which was at Miami, home against Arizona, and home against Cleveland,

03:09in where he could easily have gone 3-0.

03:11So if you enter that stretch, even with six wins,

03:15hey, maybe 9-8 can get us in, right?

03:18Six wins?

03:19I mean, are there three wins?

03:21Well, I think...

03:22Is this team winning another three games at all?

03:24I don't know.

03:25Well, I mean, I think they could steal one against the Steelers.

03:28If Flacco was on, they could definitely go in.

03:30They already did.

03:30I know, but the way that team is playing,

03:33I don't think Pittsburgh's that good, and we have talked about that.

03:36And they got exposed by L.A. on Sunday night.

03:40So to me, I think that's a winnable game with or without Burrow

03:45because I just think that Pittsburgh is suspect.

03:48You know, the Dolphins, the Cardinals,

03:50the way they're playing in the Browns are three straight wins.

03:52There's four.

03:53So now we're talking seven wins on the season, right?

03:56All right.

03:56You've got to steal one against the Ravens.

03:58They went toe-to-toe last year with Burrow.

04:01Went right down to the wire.

04:03The problem is our tone would be so different

04:07even if they just won one of the Jets or Bears games.

04:10I mean, the Bears game was unacceptable.

04:13I mean, you have the lead with 25 seconds left.

04:15And to allow a touchdown is absolutely pathetic.

04:19So here's the thing with the Bears game, though, Joe,

04:21is the Bears game was the reverse of the Jets game

04:24in that the Jets game was 38-24

04:27with eight minutes left in the game.

04:30You can't lose that game.

04:32They almost reversed it on Chicago.

04:34They were down 14 late.

04:35They get the two-point conversion.

04:37But to lose both is, like, unimaginable to me.

04:41You just got to win one of those football games.

04:44And to your point, then they would need, again,

04:47could they get two wins from the Pittsburgh-New England-Baltimore-Buffalo-Baltimore run?

04:52Yeah, I mean.

04:53Burrow back for maybe two or three?

04:54Maybe.

04:55Maybe.

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