Joe Burrow was dealt a tough blow when he suffered a calf injury just prior to the regular season. But after leading the Bengals to their first victory of the season, he made his mindset on battling the injury and his decision to play very clear.
Simply put, for Burrow, the risk vs. reward wasn’t even close in his mind, as he couldn’t let Cincinnati fall to 0–3, as ESPN’s Ben Baby highlighted.
“There is risk to go out there and potentially reinjure it,” Burrow said. “But there’s also the risk to not go out there and be 0–3. So I wanted to be out there for my guys, and I was confident that I would be able to do what I needed to get the win.”
