Ben Child, ESPN Workforce Editor
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow was once carted off the farmland all the way through Thursday’s observe with an shock to his proper calf, lecturer Zac Taylor instructed newshounds.
Burrow was once rolling to his proper all the way through drills when he pulled up scale down in what seemed to be a noncontact shock. He was once upcoming carted off the farmland.
“It was 10 minutes ago, so we don’t have any more information,” Taylor mentioned.
Consistent with a supply, an early overview signifies that Burrow is coping with a calf pressure.
Taylor was once requested concerning the compression sleeve Burrow wore round his calf, one he was once no longer dressed in then the staff’s first observe of coaching camp Wednesday. He mentioned that Burrow choose to put on it Thursday.
“We’ll get more information as we go,” Taylor mentioned.
The Bengals’ lecturer additionally mentioned that some gamers revel in soreness then the primary past of observe however added that, over the process observe, Burrow felt just right. Taylor instructed newshounds Burrow went unwell on a scramble on the finish of a rep.
That is the 3rd immediately coaching camp that Burrow has handled an shock. In 2021, Burrow was once improving from a torn ACL and MCL in his left knee that ended his rookie season in 2020, when he entered the league all the way through the COVID-19 pandemic. Terminating yr, Burrow suffered a ruptured appendix that required surgical procedure days prior to the beginning of coaching camp.
Burrow, a fourth-year participant out of LSU, is coming off his easiest season as a professional and is in word of honour discussions with the Bengals on a trade in that might produce him the highest-paid participant within the NFL.
On Wednesday, one past prior to Burrow was once carted off the observe farmland, he was once requested about being wholesome and having a typical coaching camp for the primary day in his profession.
“Knock on wood — I feel great,” Burrow mentioned. “This time last year I was sitting in a hospital bed. It’s good to be out there with the guys. Excited about where we’re at.”
