Joe Burrow’s Return Is About Far More Than a Bengals’ Playoff Push

Maybe I needed to be in Cincinnati to get the full extent of the hype surrounding Joe Burrow’s return to the football field after three months of dealing with pesky turf toe. For those outside of southwest Ohio, there wasn’t much commotion for a star quarterback returning to a losing team with slim playoff hopes this late in the season.  

Locally, there must have been plenty of hoopla because Bengals running back Chase Brown compared Burrow’s comeback to the plot of The Dark Knight Rises, a good choice because his QB once had plans to spend nearly $3 million to buy a Batmobile replica.