Joe Burrow is the man of the moment after serenely leading the Cincinnati Bengals to the AFC championship game, but NFL fans have been warned his charm and cockiness might be having an impact at home.
Burrow was unflappable in the snow as the Bengals cruised past the favoured Buffalo Bills in the divisional round at the weekend to book a blockbuster clash with the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday.
The 26-year-old's comfort in the big moments – leading Cincinnati to the Super Bowl in 2022 – and his mastery behind the microphone have led many to hail him as the second coming of 'Joe Cool' after San Francisco 49ers legend Joe Montana.
But golf influencer Paige Spiranac has shared a word of warning with her Twitter followers in a video captioned "Here are the warning signs that Joe Burrow has stolen your girl".
Spiranac, who has 3.7million followers on Instagram, said: “Men, are you doing OK? This is a wellness check. I just want to make sure that everything is alright since Joe Burrow has stolen your girls. And you’re probably like, ‘Paige, my girl would never.’
“Here are some warning signs you should probably look out for: You ask her favourite number. She says, ‘Nine.’ She’s weirdly wearing a lot of orange and black and it’s not Halloween. She goes ‘Hey babe, I think you’d look good with some blonde highlights, maybe some blonde hair.’
“She’s weirdly buying you a lot of turtlenecks and sunglasses. She asks you what time is the Bengals game. She never liked football before. What is going on?
“She wants to visit Ohio. It seems like a beautiful place to visit. You mention something casually about Joe Burrow, and she goes, ‘Well, he is a Sagittarius.’
“And, the final nail in the coffin: Her Google search history looks like this..."
A screenshot of Google searches including "Is Joe Burrow single" followed, leading her to conclude: “So the question isn’t, who dey? It is, how are you going to get your girl back?”
This is not the first time 29-year-old Spiranac has been mentioned in the same sentence as an NFL quarterback this season, with fans calling for her to date Tom Brady in the wake of their respective divorces.
The former professional golfer parted ways with Steven Tinoco last year after marrying in 2018, while Brady and supermodel wife Gisele Bündchen, announced the end of their 13-year marriage in October.
In December, Spiranac put to bed any rumours that she and Brady were seeing each other. "I am getting this question so much," she said in an Instagram Q&A. "No I am not dating Tom Brady! I have never met him, I don't know him."
