Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow exited Thursday’s game against the Ravens after sustaining an injury in the first half. The Bengals ruled Burrow out shortly after halftime with what the team described as a right wrist injury, and backup Jake Browning came in to replace him. Burrow’s right hand appeared to be quite swollen when he exited the game.
The thing about his injury is that he tossed a pass for a touchdown and was never touched as he immediately grabbed his hand. It led many to believe he had a pre-existing injury.
Ahead of Thursday night’s road game against the Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow was spotted wearing what appeared to be a brace on his throwing hand.
Former defensive end Chris Long shared a clip from last Sunday’s game between the Bengals and Texans and one play seemingly shows where that injury first occurred.
Burrw’s hand got caught between his chest plate and his left tackle on a pass attempt.
Burrow and the Bengals were upset 30-27 at home by the Houston Texans this past week, but Burrow largely played well, throwing for 347 yards and two touchdowns, although he was intercepted twice.
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If Burrow has been in pain since that play, the team will now be in trouble as the NFL stated they have opened an investigation as to why the quarterback was not on the injury report.
“The NFL is investigating why the Bengals did not list QB Joe Burrow on their injury report when the team posted a picture of him wearing a device on his wrist Wednesday night and he appeared to be hampered by the injury early in the Thursday night game that he later left, the league confirmed today,” Schefter wrote. “The initial picture of Burrow wearing a device that looked like a soft cast on his thumb was posted by the Bengals, only to be deleted later.”
The Bengals posted a video of the team arriving in Baltimore on Wednesday before deleting it.
