Jermaine Burton may need some help.
The Cincinnati Bengals rookie wide receiver missed Saturday’s walk-through session, leading to him being listed as inactive for Sunday’s game against the visiting Las Vegas Raiders.
Earlier in the week, Burton expressed his displeasure with his playing time.
“I can’t put myself in the game,” he said. “Personally, I feel like I could have been (making) plays.”
Per The Athletic, the Bengals are planning to address the situation involving Burton after Sunday’s game.
Things were made to be even worse when a picture surfaced of Jermaine Burton at a local Cincinnati casino playing slots all by himself.
What we do not know is if this was after Sunday’s game or the reason he did not show up to Saturday’s walk-through session.
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We can only hope the young man does not have some nasty gambling problem that has gotten in the way of his career.
For the year, Jermaine Burton has just two catches for 88 yards. He has one catch for 41 yards and another catch for 47 yards.
Jermaine Burton Appeared to Get Yelled At By Joe Burrow
Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals earned a much-needed victory on Sunday, but the quarterback still found himself unhappy during the game against the Las Vegas Raiders as cameras caught him going off on the sidelines.
With about 36 seconds left to play in the blowout, cameras caught an animated and upset Burrow appearing to yell at Cincinnati rookie wide receiver Jermaine Burton, who the Bengals benched for their matchup with the Las Vegas Raiders.
Once he said something to the rookie, Burton would get off the bench, and Burrow would sit down.
