Joe Burrow absent from Bengals’ OTAs: Zac Taylor explains reason behind keeping QB out of Tuesday session

Cincinnati fans breathed a sigh of relief upon learning why Joe Burrow wasn’t on the field for the start of the third and final week of Bengals OTAs. 

Following the session, head coach Zac Taylor said he gave Burrow a scheduled day off. Taylor said that Burrow — who underwent season-ending wrist surgery last November — is scheduled to have a day off each week so that he doesn’t push himself too hard. 

“Sometimes, the players will push themselves because they’re pro athletes, and that’s their mindset and that’s what’s made Joe so great,” Taylor said Tuesday. “It’s my job as a head coach to make some decisions to be helpful there.”

Taylor said that Burrow was receptive upon being informed that he was getting the day off. 

“He knows when it’s up for discussion and [when] it’s not,” Taylor said. “I think he knows that we’re doing the right thing.” 

Burrow had been a regular at the team’s voluntary workouts prior to Tuesday. He spoke openly about the recovery process during the first week of OTAs. 

“The wrist has good days and bad days, just like the knee did,” Burrow said at the time, via the Athletic. “We’re still pretty early, we’ve still got a ways until the season, so we’re going to make sure we give it the breaks that it needs. We’re going to be smart about it, but on the days that I’m feeling good we’re going to go.”

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Author : Bryan DeArdo

Publish date : 2024-06-04 17:42:04

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