Cincinnati Bengals QB Joe Burrow Decline Los Angeles Rams Offer Of 14.3 Million

The Bengals QB is coming back from a season-ending wrist injury, and it seems to be going very well.

The Cincinnati Bengals’ Super Bowl hopes were snuffed in 2023 when Joe Burrow was lost for the season. He quickly got surgery to address the issue, but it always seemed to be a long recovery process.

Well, in a recent post on Bengals.com, Geoff Hobson was able to chat with Burrow and get an update on his injury and how recovery is going, which was very positive.

“I’m doing the rehab every day. That’s always a part of it,” Burrow said. “As far as my offseason training, it hasn’t really affected it too much. I’ve been able to pretty much do everything I normally do from a lifting and conditioning standpoint. I’m in a great spot body-wise.”

Based on this, it seems like some restrictions have been lifted already if Burrow is already doing his standard offseason lifting and conditioning. He also makes a point to mention how he’s trying to build strength and may play at a higher weight than the 215 pounds of the past.

Could that be something that helps him stay healthy and leads the Bengals to the Super Bowl?

The key to the offseason for the Bengals is getting Burrow back healthy and keeping him healthy all the way up to Week 1. The Bengals got off to a slow start in 2022 and 2023 due to Burrow not being able to play in preseason and not being 100% when the season started.

If he can get warmed up in the preseason this year and be fully healthy on the first snap of Week 1, this could finally be the year that the Bengals get off to a hot start under Burrow and are competitors for that one seed and home field advantage through the NFL Playoffs.

Hope for the best!

Another day, another rumor surrounding Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins.

Higgins and the Bengals are at an impasse with Higgins requesting a trade last month and the Bengals seemingly having no interest in moving him. The latest rumor comes from Andrew Fillipponi of 93.7 The Fan in Pittsburgh, who says the Pittsburgh Steelers have had “internal discussions” about trading for Higgins.

The Bengals aren’t likely to move Higgins and a trade to a division rival has as close to zero chance of happening as one could imagine. The Bengals would likely need an offer that blew them away to trade him to any team, but a team in the AFC North would likely have to make a historic offer for the Bengals to even pick up the phone.

The fact that trading for Higgins would require giving up substantial draft capital and agreeing to pay him a massive contract with large amounts of guaranteed money makes it unlikely that any deal would come to fruition.

Of course, in that situation, Higgins has to choose to play for nearly $21 million in one year or forgo that money and sit out the season.

If you’re looking for a good laugh, just close your eyes and imagine what Duke Tobin would say if Pittsburgh called about Higgins.